IMPGRAMGNT 

AND  sex 

WALTER  HGATON 


RATIONAL  SEX  SERIES 


RATIONAL  SEX  ETHICS,  by  W.  F.  Robie, 
M.D. 

RATIONAL  SEX  ETHICS:    FURTHER  IN- 
VESTIGATIONS, by  W.  F.  Robie,  M.D. 

SANE  SEX  LIFE  AND  SANE  SEX  LIVING, 
by  H.  W.  Long,  M.D. 

SEX  AND  SOCIETY,  by  W.  I.  Thomas 

TEMPERAMENT    AND    SEX,    by    Walter 
Heaton 


RICHARD  G.  BADGER,  PUBLISHER,  BOSTON 


TEMPERAMENT 
AND   SEX 

IN     LIFE     AND     ART 


BY 


WALTER  HEATON 

Prizeman,  Victoria  University  (England) 


BOSTON 

RICHARD    G.  BADGER 

THE    GORHAM    PRESS 


COPYRIGHT,  1919,  BY  RICHARD  G.  BADGER 


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Made  in  the  United  States  of  America 


The  Gorham  Press,  Boston,  U.  S.  A. 


CONTENTS 

PAGE 

I     PROLOGUE     9 

II    THE  AWAKENING 16 

III  EDUCATION  AND  SEX 26 

IV  LOVE  AND  SEX 47 

V    THE  ARTS  AND  SEX 66 

VI    STUDIES 92 

VII    EPILOGUE 138 


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TEMPERAMENT  AND  SEX 


PROLOGUE 

DURING  the  past  few  years  I  have  written 
several  brochures  on  matters  similar  to 
those  mentioned  in  the  present  volume. 

My  former  writings  on  these  intimate  subjects 
were  usually  written  for  private  circulation  only, 
at  the  instigation  of  different  societies  formed  for 
the  study  of  psychological  and  sexual  problems. 

Naturally  all  such  writings  will  be  severely  criti- 
cized, and  I  have  profited  largely  by  such  criti- 
cisms. The  chief  criticism  has  been  that  I  am  too 
frank  in  my  statements  and  suggestions,  that  I 
have  endeavored  to  remove  the  veil  from  the  mys- 
teries of  sex,  and  that  only  mischief  could  result 
from  such  a  procedure.  In  our  grade  schools  our 
boys  and  girls  are  taught  the  reason  and  the  office 
of  every  organ  in  the  human  body,  are  carefully 
trained  in  the  matters  of  proper  food,  proper  ex- 
ercise, etc.,  but  never  a  word  is  said  about  the  most 


io  Temperament  and  Sex 

important  of  all  the  senses  of  which  the  sexual 
organs  are  the  motive  power.  Surely  one  should 
be  candid  and  outspoken  when  the  most  vital  por- 
tion of  the  human  body  is  concerned.  Submitting 
to  repeated  pressure  on  the  part  of  earnest  stu- 
dents of  such  matters,  and  also  at  the  invitation  of 
a  few  of  my  most  virulent  critics,  I  have  pleasure 
in  submitting  a  more  complete  treatise  on  these 
subjects,  and  I  shall  value,  and  no  doubt  once  more 
profit  by,  the  criticisms  of  my  fellow  students  in 
these  intimate  topics.  As  an  acknowledged  artist 
employed  in  the  making  of  artists,  I  have  repeated- 
ly been  brought  to  a  complete  standstill  in  my 
work  through  the  pupil's  total  lack  of  knowledge 
or  training  in  the  emotions,  passions,  and  general 
perception  of  human  feeling. 

I  have  explained  in  the  chapter  entitled  "Stud- 
ies" some  of  my  methods  of  overcoming  such  dif- 
ficulties and  the  frequently  happy  result  of  my 
method  of  education  and  helpfulness.  The  "Stud- 
ies" mentioned  in  this  volume  form  only  a  very 
small  percentage  of  those  I  have  been  intimately 
associated  with,  and  perhaps  in  some  future  work 
I  can  add  many  more  instructive  formulas  that 
will  not  only  be  interesting  to  the  psychologist,  but 
helpful  to  the  educator.  I  am  thoroughly  disap- 
pointed with  the  title  I  have  chosen  for  this  vol- 
ume, although  it  represents  fairly  well  the  pre- 
dominating thought  which  impelled  the  writing  of 


Prologue  II 

it,  but  I  very  seriously  question  whether  the  title 
in  any  way  covers  the  boundless  extent  of  the  sub- 
ject, or  conveys  to  the  thinking  professional  man 
or  woman,  the  extremely  vital  connection  between 
the  complete  and  proper  training  and  control  of 
the  artistic  temperament,  and  at  the  same  time  a 
proper  development  of  the  God-given  natural  feel- 
ings and  normal  impulses  of  the  individual,  male 
or  female. 

Krafft-Ebing,  Moll,  Michels  and  many  others 
have  detailed  in  a  comprehensive  manner  all  the 
known  forms  of  sexual  aberrations  and  the  various 
attendant  neuroses.  They  have  written  monumen- 
tal works  regarding  the  unusual  forms  of  sexual 
irregularities  and  the  behavior  (sexually)  of  the 
mentally  deficient,  but  they  do  not  dwell  on  these 
matters  as  found  among  normal  folk,  and  their 
books  appeal  merely  to  the  physician,  lawyer  and 
sanitarium  experts.  There  is  little  in  their  writ- 
ings that  is  of  any  assistance  to  normal  individuals 
who  mix  with  and  labor  among  perfectly  sane 
people  whose  manners  and  customs  are  distinctly 
conventional  and  remote  from  all  perversity.  I 
make  little  mention  in  the  chapter  entitled  "Stud- 
ies" of  the  distinct  sexual  lives  of  the  men  and 
women,  as  my  constant  endeavor  has  always  been 
to  teach  people  to  feel  sex,  not  to  exercise  it.  The 
works  of  Dr.  W.  J.  Robinson,  Dr.  Robie,  Nord- 


12  Temperament  and  Sex 

strom  and  Northcote  are  more  appealing  and  more 
helpful  to  those  who  (like  myself)  have  to  work 
with  and  instruct  representatives  of  all  types  o£ 
humanity,  and  composing  every  grade  of  the  so- 
cial scale.  In  every  department  of  Art,  Commerce 
and  Science  to-day,  only  the  most  fitting  examples 
are  chosen  to  represent  the  value  of  any  achieve- 
ment or  accomplishment,  and  so  it  is  with  human 
nature;  we  should  only  take  our  lessons  and  only 
conform  to  the  ideas  of  those  who  represent  the 
very  highest  type  of  human  accomplishment. 
From  the  true  educational  standpoint  it  is  not  suf- 
ficient to  be  instructed  in  a  laborious  manner  in 
the  things  to  be  avoided;  there  is  little  helpfulness 
in  constantly  being  reminded  of  the  many  pitfalls 
in  the  path  of  life.  If  our  young  people  were 
given  a  proper  education  in  temperamental  mat- 
ters and  a  fitting  knowledge  of  the  importance  of 
Love  and  Sex  in  our  journey  through  life,  we 
would  speedily  close  the  brothels ;  and  the  Divorce 
court  would  have  no  clients  and  be  but  a  painful 
memory  of  the  past.  With  proper  sex  education, 
not  as  a  solitary  study  but  in  its  application  to  life 
in  general,  we  would  only  be  satisfied  and  derive 
the  desired  happiness  from  acquaintance  with  the 
very  highest  forms  and  evidences  of  natural  feel- 
ing, emotion  and  passion.  I  am  not  quoting,  nor 
do  I  intend  to  extol,  any  particular  code  of  mor- 
als, nor  do  I  care  at  this  time  to  go  into  detail  and 


Prologue  13 

point  out  the  various  forms  of  immorality  in  the 
domain  of  sex. 

As  to  what  is  exactly  moral  or  unmoral,  there  is 
a  great  divergence  of  opinion.  My  work  is  en- 
tirely scholastic  and  the  question  of  morality  or 
immorality  I  leave  to  the  theologians  without  any 
criticism  or  interference  on  my  part,  except  when 
their  dictates  border  on  absurd  conventionality 
and  cripple  and  dwarf  the  natural  God-given  im- 
pulses and  passions.  I  have  found  but  a  small 
number  of  articles  or  pamphlets  which  have  drawn 
attention  to  the  immense  importance  that  the  sex- 
ual sphere  occupies  in  regard  to  the  fullest  devel- 
opment of  individuals  who  live  and  labor  to 
achieve  the  fullest  exposition  of  what  is  noblest 
and  best  in  Art,  Music,  Poetry  and  the  Drama. 
It  is  these  arts  that  provide  the  world  with  food 
for  thought,  and  which  when  rightly  interpreted, 
can  bring  joy,  peace,  and  success  to  the  greatest 
number  of  people.  Iwan  Bloch  ("Sexual  Life  of 
Our  Time")  has  a  short  chapter  on  the  influence 
of  sex  on  high  art,  but  it  only  attempts  to  prelude 
what  others  may  have  to  say  in  the  future  on  such 
a  comprehensive  subject.  It  is  well  known  that 
most  (if  not  all)  of  the  successful  artists,  poets 
and  musicians  have  possessed  fully  developed  sex- 
ual natures.  This  is  quite  apparent  in  their  works 
and  achievements.  Normal  sensuality  always  has, 
and  always  will  have  for  its  motive-power — the 


14  Temperament  and  Sex 

beautiful.  Hence  it  can  readily  be  understood  that 
when  one  is  conceiving  or  working  out  beautiful 
thoughts  and  attractive  ideas  on  canvas,  marble,  in 
verse,  or  in  sound,  that  the  chaste  sensuality  of 
the  producer  and  composer  must  be  considerably 
enhanced  thereby. 

There  have  been  many  writers  and  teachers, 
principally  of  the  ascetic  school  who  have  striven 
to  separate  art  of  all  kinds  from  the  senses  and 
the  sexual  impulse,  but  they  have  never  denied 
that  there  is  a  most  intimate  connection  between 
the  two.  Well-known  writers  like  Hirschfield  and 
Gustav  Naumann  have  said  with  emphasis,  and 
conclusively  proved  the  assertion,  that  "the  sexual 
impulse  is  the  root  of  all  that  is  noble  and  uplift- 
ing in  the  world  to-day,  and  more  especially  is  it 
the  secret  of  success  in  Art."  Beauty  taken  ab- 
solutely by  itself  and  without  a  distinct  individu- 
ality or  personality  is  absolutely  valueless,  except 
as  a  passing  fancy,  and  the  lack  of  some  inherent 
character  prevents  the  beauty  having  anything 
more  than  a  transient  effect  on  the  observer. 
Works  of  art  of  any  character,  and  in  any  field, 
to  be  admired,  appreciated,  and  to  be  of  any  value 
to  the  present  or  a  future  generation,  must  possess 
distinctive  qualities  and  show  some  individuality. 

This  volume  is  intended  to  help  the  instructor 
and  advisor  either  by  its  suggestions,  lessons  and 
descriptions,  or  to  inspire  them  to  greater 


Prologue  1 5 

thoughts,  greater  works,  and  added  achievements 
along  similar  lines.  Like  Dr.  Robinson,  I  think 
that  "no  book  has  a  right  to  exist  that  has  not  for 
its  ultimate  purpose,  the  betterment  of  mankind 
everywhere." 


II 

THE  AWAKENING 

IN  previous  works  I  have  experienced  no  dif- 
ficulty whatever  in  transcribing  with  some  suc- 
cess the  temperamental  or  sexual  experiences  of 
friends  and  clients,  but  in  my  endeavor  to  faith- 
fully record  my  own  initiation  into  the  mysteries 
of  such  subjects  I  feel  utterly  unable  to  adequately 
put  down  on  paper  a  proper  and  full  account  of 
the  experience.  I  have,  however,  in  this  chapter 
given  in  an  incomplete  fashion  the  process  of  my 
acquiring  the  knowledge  that,  with  many  later 
additions,  helped  me  to  true  manhood  and  brought 
me  in  close  touch  with  the  realities  of  human  life. 
At  the  age  of  eighteen  I  was  a  pianist  of  more 
than  local  fame  and  had  very  successfully  gone 
through  two  series  of  piano  recitals  in  my  native 
city;  a  city  famous  throughout  the  North  of  Eng- 
land for  its  prominence  in  musical  affairs  and  for 
its  extremely  well-enlightened  and  critical  band  of 
genuine  music  lovers.  I  was  considered  a  reliable 
accompanist,  which,  coupled  with  unusual  technical 
ability,  made  my  services  extremely  valuable  to  the 
many  concert  companies  then  much  in  demand  for 

16 


The  Awakening  17 

the  regular  series  of  "Ballad"  concerts  which  take 
place  in  every  town  and  city  at  frequent  intervals 
from  October  to  May.  I  was  retained  by  one  of 
the  foremost  concert  agencies  and  finally  became 
attached  to  a  leading  concert-company  to  appear 
as  solo  pianist,  accompanist,  and  general  musical 
director  for  one  year.  The  members  of  this  com- 
pany were  artists  of  the  first  rank  and  were  ex- 
ceedingly popular  wherever  they  appeared.  The 
company  comprised — A  (Soprano),  B  (Contral- 
to), C  (Tenor),  D  (Bass)  and  E,  a  lady  violinist 
distinctly  superior  to  the  average  concert  artist. 
This  arrangement  of  voices,  etc.,  was  what  was 
customary  in  the  provinces  and  always  proved 
highly  popular.  In  the  thickly  populated  manu- 
facturing centres  in  the  North  there  are  many 
towns  with  a  large  population  within  20  or  30 
(or  less)  miles  of  each  other,  so  that  we  quite  fre- 
quently were  in  four  or  five  different  communities 
each  week.  None  of  the  artists  were  in  any  way 
related  to  each  other  so  it  usually  meant  that  we 
engaged  separate  sleeping  rooms  at  the  hotels 
where  we  stayed  the  night.  During  the  daytime 
we  had  a  definite  period  allotted  for  our  rehearsals 
and  for  the  preparation  of  new  numbers,  and  the 
remaining  hours  of  each  day  were  our  own,  to 
use  as  we  pleased.  Everything  passed  off  very 
smoothly  during  the  first  few  weeks  of  the  tour, 
but  I  noticed  that  the  singers  were  mixing  quite 


1 8  Temperament  and  Sex 

freely  in  their  leisure  hours.  Ere  long  both  of  the 
men  spent  some  time  in  the  rooms  of  the  women 
after  the  concerts  were  over.  Sometimes  suppers 
would  be  sent  into  the  rooms  and  there  always 
seemed  to  be  an  unlimited  amount  of  liquor  taken 
by  all  concerned.  As  our  rooms  were  usually  ad- 
joining each  other  I  was  frequently  kept  awake 
until  an  early  morning  hour  by  sounds  of  boister- 
ous festivity  in  one  or  more  of  the  rooms.  At  this 
time  I  was  still  in  an  adolescent  stage  and  knew 
nothing  whatever  of  the  ways  of  the  world.  Of 
sexual  knowledge  I  hadn't  the  slightest  acquaint- 
ance except  that  which  I  had  "picked  up"  in  a  frag- 
mentary way  at  preparatory  school.  And  this 
was  only  in  the  form  of  "smutty"  jokes  or  stories, 
which  somehow  I  abhorred,  as  I  felt  they  were  de- 
testable expressions  of  things  which  to  me  had  al- 
ways been  considered  sacred.  The  many  hours  of 
daily  keyboard  practice,  the  many  lesson  periods, 
and  my  attendance  at  a  University  as  a  student  of 
advanced  theoretical  music  had  kept  me  away  en- 
tirely from  all  social  gatherings  and  I  had  prac- 
tically very  few  personal  friends  and  not  one  real 
chum. 

The  contralto  (Madame  B)  of  our  company 
was  an  artist  of  unusual  attainments  and  was  easily 
the  star  performer  at  all  our  concerts.  She  was 
some  20  years  older  than  I,  but  from  the  first 
she  showed  an  unquestionable  desire  for  my  com- 


The  Awakening  19 

pany  and  supported  me  cordially  in  all  my  direc- 
tions as  to  programs  and  rehearsals  and  the  many 
little  worries  incident  to  our  being  almost  constant- 
ly on  the  move  from  one  place  to  another. 

Whenever  I  needed  good  advice  or  competent 
assistance  she  was  the  first  to  offer  her  services, 
and  so  ere  long  I  looked  up  to  her  and  felt  abso- 
lutely confident  of  her  sincerity. 

One  never-to-be-forgotten  night,  as  I  sat  in  my 
room,  tired,  after  an  unusually  heavy  program,  I 
got  as  near  to  the  door  leading  to  the  adjoining 
room  as  I  possibly  could  in  order  to  get  some  idea 
as  to  the  reason  for  the  noisy  merriment  emanat- 
ing from  my  brother  and  sister  musicians.  After 
an  unusually  loud  outburst  I  was  startled  to  hear  a 
tap  at  the  door  of  my  room  and  on  answering  it 
I  was  astonished  to  find  my  dear  friend  Madame 
B  who  signified  her  desire  to  come  in  and  talk 
with  me.  She  had  heard  for  herself  the  noise 
made  by  our  "roystering"  fellow  musicians  next 
door,  and  she  told  me  that  it  was  for  that  reason 
she  had  felt  compelled  to  have  a  good  heart-to- 
heart  talk  with  me  about  the  matter.  She  ques- 
tioned me  very  closely  as  to  my  experience  of  life 
and  what  I  already  knew  about  the  ways  of  people 
and  the  habits  and  customs  of  those  who  devoted 
most  of  their  time  to  questionable  pursuits.  She 
wanted  to  know  whether  I  had  much  experience 
with  women,  good  or  bad.  I  told  her  that  my  life, 


20 

so  far,  had  been  spent  with  very  ordinary  folk, 
in  a  commonplace  manner,  and  that  all  the  hap- 
penings of  my  career  had  been  mediocre. 

My  studies  took  up  all  my  available  time  and 
my  customs  and  habits  had  always  been  painfully 
proper,  and  my  conduct  at  all  times  had  been 
strictly  governed  by  rules  laid  down  in  a  most  em- 
phatic way  by  my  parents  and  tutors.  I  had  had 
practically  no  sexual  instruction  and  I  had  avoided 
any  possible  sexual  situation.  My  studies  used  up 
all  my  time  and  strength  and  so  far  I  had  not  ex- 
pressed the  slightest  desire  to  essay  anything  that 
lay  outside  of  my  chosen  path.  I  had  been  told, 
and  had  always  thought  that  I  would,  in  time, 
achieve  undoubted  success  in  every  department 
of  my  work  if  I  labored  hard  and  conquered  all 
the  technical  difficulties  and  acquired  absolute 
proficiency  in  the  theoretical  department.  I  told 
her  that  I  failed  to  perceive  how  any  outside  in- 
fluence could  in  any  way  increase  the  effective- 
ness of  my  musical  ability.  Madame  B,  then,  in 
a  most  positive  way,  asserted  that  if  I  had  never 
recognized  the  natural  feelings  in  my  own  nature, 
if  I  had  never  sought  for  and  gained  inspiration  in 
the  varied  emotions  and  passions  that  occupied 
such  a  large  portion  of  a  musician's  life,  I  would 
surely  never  become  anything  more  than  a  mere 
mechanic;  and  the  music  I  produced  would  never 
be  anything  more  than  automatic,  and  I  could 


The  Awakening  21 

never  possibly  reach  the  hearts  of  my  hearers; 
and  however  clever  my  performances  they  would 
speedily  be  forgotten.  She  reminded  me  of  her 
own  impressive  work,  forcible,  wonderful,  and  at 
all  times  enthralling.  How  I  had  myself  noted 
that  at  concert  after  concert  she  thrilled  the  hearts 
of  her  hearers,  and  frequently  brought  tears  and 
also  smiles  with  her  beautifully  modulated  voice 
and  her  well-developed  powers  of  artistic  inter- 
pretation. 

She  explained  that  if  she  had  not  been  trained 
in  the  knowledge  of  the  emotions  and  did  not  feel 
in  her  own  mind  and  body  the  effects  that  she  en- 
deavored to  portray  in  the  art  of  song,  then  it 
would  be  manifestly  impossible  to  convey  any 
appreciable  effect  on  the  hearts  and  minds  of  her 
auditors.  She  told  me  that  she  had  always  found 
my  accompaniments  very  helpful  in  regard  to 
rhythm,  time,  and  tune,  but  she  acknowledged  that 
I  was  of  no  assistance  whatever  in  giving  to  the 
singer  any  inspiration  to  achieve  greater  effects 
and  more  confidential  acquirements,  that  the  sing- 
ers felt  that  whilst  there  was  a  very  satisfactory 
co-operation  on  my  part  with  them  in  all  that  was 
purely  technical,  in  every  variety  of  music,  there 
was  absolutely  nothing  in  my  work  that  added  to 
the  effect  that  the  vocalist  was  trying  to  obtain,  and 
that  on  some  occasions  the  coldness  of  my  re- 
sponse acted  as  a  damper  to  the  enthusiasm  and 


22  Temperament  and  Sex 

fervent  zeal  of  the  singer.  Her  words  were  a 
painful  revelation  to  me,  and  were  a  severe  blow 
to  my  hitherto  feeling  of  superiority  in  my  pro- 
fession. It  was  the  first  time  that  I  had  been  told 
that  something  more  than  clever  manipulation  of 
the  fingers  and  exactness  in  fulfilling  the  printed 
desire  of  the  composer  was  necessary  to  achieve 
the  highest  success  in  music.  I  was  told  that  until 
I  could  sway  my  hearers  in  any  direction  I  de- 
sired and  influence  them  by  my  powers  of  expres- 
sion and  the  impressiveness  of  my  interpretation 
could  I  hope  to  be  considered  a  real  musician  in 
the  fullest  sense  of  the  term.  She  told  me  that  I 
must  at  once  begin  a  system  of  self-education,  to 
think  of  sex,  to  endeavor  to  appreciate  all  the 
beauty  and  charming  qualities  of  the  fair  sex,  to 
try  to  feel  with  intense  personal  feeling  the  many 
varied  moods  of  the  music,  to  drink  in  and  fully 
understand  every  word  and  the  absolute  meaning 
of  every  song,  to  try  to  express  with  my  fin- 
gers my  own  conception  of  the  sense  of  the  poems, 
and  to  reflect  it  in  an  added  manner  and  bring  out 
all  the  profoundness  and  richness  of  the  compos- 
er's conception.  This  memorable  conversation  was 
followed  in  rapid  succession  by  many  others  of  a 
similar  character,  and  in  all  her  rehearsals  with 
me  she  took  special  pains  in  pointing  out  to  me 
what  should  be  my  thought  and  feeling  when 


The  Awakening  23 

reaching    important    dramatic    situations   in   the 
score. 

Up  to  this  time  the  lengthy  press  notices  of  our 
successful  concerts  had  never  laid  any  special  em- 
phasis on  the  work  of  the  accompanist  except  to 
say  it  was  satisfactory,  but  my  attention  was  drawn 
to  the  fact  that  latterly  I  had  received  some  very 
complimentary  notices  of  my  share  in  the  program 
and  I  was  frequently  mentioned  as  an  unusually 
sympathetic  accompanist.  I  found  myself  in  a 
new  sphere  of  activity  and  an  added  domain  of 
energy.  It  seemed  as  though  my  music  held  in- 
creased possibilities  and  I  revelled  in  every  new 
achievement.  I  found  myself  trying  hour  after 
hour  to  create  a  distinctive  "atmosphere"  in  every 
composition  that  I  worked  upon  and  I  began  to 
feel,  sometimes  to  points  of  exultation  and  also 
of  mental  exhaustion,  the  tragedy,  sorrows,  and 
joys  of  particularly  dramatic  compositions.  My 
work  was  becoming  more  attractive  to  me  and  I 
began  to  realize  that  instead  of  being  a  task  or  a 
duty,  my  studies  had  blossomed  into  a  continuous 
pleasurable  possession,  and  each  day  I  counted  the 
additions  to  my  artistic  disposition.  At  this  time 
I  was  confused  and  bewildered  with  the  advent 
of  nocturnal  emissions.  I  had  heard  them  spoken 
of  occasionally,  but  for  some  unknown  reason  I 
had  always  thought  that  they  were  a  symptom  of 


24 

some  form  of  venereal  disease,  that  they  were  the 
natural  result  of  an  attack  of  (or  hereditarily  ac- 
quired) Gonorrhea  or  Syphilis.  Most  of  the  public 
urinals  found  in  all  the  public  squares  of  Great 
Britain  were  placarded  with  advertisements  of 
cures  for  venereal  disorders  and  I  became  some- 
what alarmed  and  suffered  a  little  mental  depres- 
sion in  consequence. 

I  was  so  ashamed  of  the  nocturnal  manifesta- 
tion that  I  had  not  the  courage  at  the  time  to  men- 
tion the  matter  to  any  of  my  more  experienced 
male  acquaintances,  so  on  my  next  visit  to  my 
home  town  I  went  to  the  family  physician  who 
had  known  me  from  my  birth,  and  asked  him  for 
information  and  advice  about  what  I  termed  my 
severe  "trouble."  In  his  usual  good-natured  style 
he  gave  me  true  and  faithful  information  about  the 
matter  and  incidentally  gave  me  an  instructive 
talk  about  the  proper  care  and  suitable  hygienic 
precautions  in  sexual  matters.  He  told  me  in  a 
very  plain  matter-of-fact  way  that  my  fears  were 
groundless,  that  the  emissions  were  entirely  nor- 
mal and  perfectly  natural,  and  they  were  nature's 
method  of  relieving  my  system  of  an  extraneous 
substance,  that  I  was  to  ignore  them  entirely  un- 
less they  were  altogether  too  frequent  and  I  felt 
a  loss  of  strength  and  a  depression  of  spirit.  He 
questioned  me  at  length  in  regard  to  my  general 
health  and  spirits,  and  in  response  to  his  many 


The  Awakening  25 

queries  I  was  obliged  to  acknowledge  that  I  had 
been  much  clearer  headed  and  felt  a  much  keener 
joy  in  my  pursuits  since  the  advent  of  the  emis- 
sions. 

At  the  termination  of  the  concert  season  in  May 
I  resolved  to  spend  the  ensuing  year  or  two  in  more 
advanced  study  and  also,  at  the  request  of  my  es- 
teemed friend  and  advisor  Madame  B,  I  decided 
to  take  a  course  of  study  in  psychology.  I  went 
back  to  the  University  where  I  had  been  an 
"honor"  student  in  advanced  theoretical  music, 
and  took  the  course  in  elementary  physics  and 
psychology.  I  explained  to  the  professor  that  my 
desire  was  to  study  human  feelings  in  all  their 
forms  so  that  I  could  be  better  qualified  to  display 
those  feelings  when  I  desired  to  inculcate  them  in 
the  music  I  essayed  to  perform  in  public.  He  re- 
quested me  to  join  his  private  class  in  the  study  of 
sexology  in  addition  to  the  University  course, 
which  I  did,  and  at  the  end  of  the  term  I  felt  that 
I  was  living  in  a  much  more  beautiful  world,  and 
enjoying  to  the  full  every  occurrence  of  my  daily 
life,  and  felt  devoutfully  thankful  to  my  Maker 
that  I  had  been  shown  the  way  to  a  proper  appre- 
ciation of  my  manhood  and  what  glories  it  prom- 
ised in  the  future. 


Ill 

EDUCATION  AND  SEX 

IN  life  we  have  a  duty  to  ourselves,  but  a  more 
pronounced  duty  to  those  around  us.  Educa- 
tion is  the  first  essential  to  equip  us  to  properly 
perform  the  duties  allotted  to  us,  and  the  sex  im- 
pulse being  the  strongest  element  in  the  human 
body  and  the  most  powerful  agent  for  happiness 
and  success,  it  certainly  should  receive  its  full 
quota  of  scholarship  and  learning.  Not  only  that 
we  may  be  able  to  control  the  sex  nature  in  a  prop- 
er manner,  but  also  that  those  elements  of  thought 
and  action  that  are  materially  embellished  by  the 
influence  of  the  sexual  nature,  may  be  properly 
aroused  and  cultivated  in  the  highest  degree. 

At  the  age  of  nineteen  the  studies  of  Sexology 
and  Psychology  were  to  me  a  continuous  stimulant 
and  never  failing  producer  of  elevating  and  beau- 
tiful thoughts  and  impulses,  and  I  felt  that  day  by 
day  I  lived  in  an  atmosphere  of  greater  refine- 
ment. 

Many  things  and  daily  happenings  that  I  had 
previously  altogether  ignored,  had  become  sym- 
bols of  profit  and  chaste  pleasure.  Like  all  other 

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Education  and  Sex  27 

pupils  of  public  and  private  schools,  I  had  received 
education  in,  and  was  taught  the  proper  function 
and  necessity  of  every  organ  in  my  body  except 
the  sexual  function.  In  more  recent  years  there 
has  sprung  up  a  very  large  number  of  public  edu- 
cators who  are  strongly  advocating  and  working 
for  the  proper  teaching  of  sex  matters  in  general, 
not  confining  their  efforts  to  sex  hygiene.  In  a 
few  private  schools  and  colleges  this  has  been 
done,  but  it  is  too  early  yet  to  know  the  real  value 
of  imparting  such  information  and  what  the  effect 
will  be  on  the  next  generation.  That  sex  should 
be  taught  in  a  thorough  manner  is  now  almost  uni- 
versally admitted;  the  chief  difficulty  so  far  seems 
to  be  to  outline  in  a  definite  form  the  precise  meth- 
od of  imparting  the  information  in  a  way  that 
shall  be  chaste  and  yet  in  a  form  that  can  readily 
be  understood  and  thoroughly  assimilated  by  the 
student.  It  means  the  careful  and  complete  prep- 
aration of  fully  competent  instructors. 

The  method  with  which  correct  Sex  information 
can  be  safely  and  intelligently  given  seems  to  be 
surrounded  with  very  many  difficulties,  but  surely 
with  so  many  of  our  prominent  educators  and 
teachers  who  are  now  fully  alive  to  the  importance 
of  the  subject,  these  perplexing  difficulties  should 
speedily  be  overcome,  in  order  that  our  social  life 
can  be  made  more  complete  and  fully  satisfactory 
to  all  the  parties  concerned. 


28  Temperament  and  Sex 

Such  information  must  never  be  personal  in  the 
slightest  degree,  nor  should  it  ever  be  merely  a 
reflection  or  repetition  of  the  instructor's  own  ex- 
perience or  observations;  for  he  may  perhaps  be 
one  of  those  who  have  been  very  unfortunate,  or 
whose  sexual  life  had  in  no  way  been  satisfactory. 
Information  from  such  a  source  would  hardly  in- 
spire the  pupil  to  obtaining  a  real  education,  indeed 
it  might  have  a  tendency  to  pave  the  way  toward 
perverse  sexual  thoughts  and  a  distortion  of  the 
nobility  of  the  complete  life.  There  must  not  be 
any  obtuseness,  as  that  would  certainly  be  a  pre- 
cursor of  mischief.  Quite  recently  in  the  State 
of  Pennsylvania  a  woman  of  high  intellect  has 
been  lecturing  on  sex  subjects  to  girls  in  large  fac- 
tories and  to  Y.  W.  C.  A.  members.  There  has 
been  much  adverse  criticism  of  her  method,  and 
it  is  questioned  whether  these  talks  have  accom- 
plished their  object  in  the  slightest  degree;  indeed 
many  people  have  condemned  them,  because  the 
lecturer  failed  to  make  her  points  clear  to  her 
hearers  and  preserved  such  an  air  of  mystery 
about  the  subject  that  it  is  quite  probable  that 
considerable  harm  may  be  the  result  on  account  of 
the  feeling  of  curiosity  aroused  among  the  younger 
girls. 

In  my  young  days  sexual  matters  were  never 
mentioned  among  so-called  decent  people.  If  I 
had  been  living  at  home  with  my  parents  when  I 


Education  and  Sex  29 

was  studying  sexology,  I  am  sure  that  they  would 
have  forbidden  my  reading  the  text-books — at 
any  rate  they  would  not  have  allowed  the  books 
to  be  seen  by  other  members  of  the  family  for 
fear  of  contamination! 

Absolute  frankness  in  matters  of  sex  is  the 
only  safe  foundation  for  a  high  state  of  morals  in 
any  people,  anywhere.  All  attempts  at  sexual  en- 
lightenment should  be  made  in  such  a  manner  that 
will  prevent  any  possible  unnatural  excitement  or 
excessive  stimulation.  It  must  never  be  made 
fanciful  or  extravagant.  It  should  simply  be  a 
full  and  true  education  and  training  of  natural 
feelings  of  sex,  male  and  female;  and  it  should  be 
a  reasonable  and  complete  answer  to  questions 
likely  to  arise  in  youthful  minds,  instead  of  the 
usual  evasions  and  falsehoods.  As  sexual  educa- 
tion is  comparatively  a  new  thought,  it  must  be 
put  in  such  a  form  that  will  admit  of  no  unfore- 
seen contingency  or  disaster.  Medical  treatment 
of  all  schools  is  forever  changing.  Ordinary  ail- 
ments, as  well  as  the  standard  diseases,  are  being 
treated  in  an  entirely  different  manner  than  they 
were  a  few  generations  ago,  and  there  has  been 
a  vast  improvement  in  the  health  of  the  people. 
So  we  shall  have  to  go  through  a  similar  process 
of  evolution  in  the  teaching  of  sex;  and  must 
first  carefully  lay  the  foundations  and  proceed  in 
a  very  cautious  manner. 

Teachers  of  the  piano  thirty  or  forty  years  ago, 


30  Temperament  and  Sex 

vigorously  rapped  the  knuckles  of  youthful  pupils 
when  mistakes  in  notes  or  fingering  occurred.  At 
a  famous  college  preparatory  school  in  the  North 
of  England  which  I  attended  for  several  years, 
every  infraction  of  the  rules  of  behavior  was  im- 
mediately met  with  corporal  punishment  which 
took  place  before  the  whole  body  of  students  as- 
sembled in  the  auditorium.  In  every  walk  of  life, 
in  every  business  and  in  every  profession  we  have 
made  rapid  strides  in  obtaining  greater  results  and 
in  better  methods  of  achieving  our  objects;  then 
surely  we  should  not  be  content  to  follow  blindly 
the  opinions  and  didactics  of  writers  and  instruc- 
tors of  by-gone  days  as  regards  the  realm  of  Sex. 
In  Dr.  Robie's  classic  little  volume  ("Rational 
Sex  Ethics")  he  describes  at  considerable  length, 
very  many  cases  he  has  treated  which  showed  in 
a  very  positive  way  the  unfortunate  results  to 
body  and  mind  of  there  having  been  no  sex  in- 
struction given  to  the  patients;  and  he  points  out 
in  a  most  vivid  manner  how  most  of  our  sanita- 
riums are  filled  with  patients,  male  and  female, 
whose  unfortunate  and  distressing  complaints  were 
really  caused  by  faulty  sex  knowledge;  and  how 
readily  they  responded  to  the  treatment  given 
them  after  the  doctor  had  formed  a  correct  diag- 
nosis and  given  to  them  the  much  needed  infor- 
mation in  regard  to  correct  and  proper  sexual  re- 
lationship. Robie  and  many  more  students  and 


Education  and  Sex  31 

writers  on  similar  subjects  have  most  conclusively 
shown  that  there  has  always  been,  up  to  the  pres- 
ent, something  radically  wrong  with  the  people 
when  they  utterly  ignore  the  inestimable  value  to 
humanity  of  instilling  in  our  youth  and  young 
married  folk  the  correct  solutions  of  the  many 
sex  problems  they  will  have  to  face  at  some  time. 
Robert  Michels  ("Sexual  Ethics")  says  that  the 
Italian  people  are  ahead  of  any  other  nation  in 
their  frankness  of  discussion  and  educational  fa- 
cilities on  sexual  topics,  and  there  is  no  country  on 
earth  that  has  produced  more  of  the  aesthetically 
beautiful  in  all  forms  of  art,  nor  which  possesses 
higher  ideas  in  every  department  of  Art  and 
Science.  Wilhelm  Muller,  the  German  author,  in 
his  "Rome  and  the  Romans"  says,  "it  is  to  the  in- 
timate and  uninterrupted  contact  with  nature  that 
the  Roman  people  owe  their  freedom  and  frank- 
ness in  all  their  every-day  doings  and  sayings." 
Their  clarity  and  nudity  in  word  and  deed  contrast 
so  strongly  with  the  moral  and  social  ultra-strict 
conventionality  of  the  people  of  the  West  and 
North,  with  their  confirmed  tendency  to  cover 
many  of  the  natural  phenomena  with  "decent" 
veils.  Roman  innocence  continues  to  employ  clear 
and  precise  words  where  the  Northerner  or  West- 
erner stammers,  blushes,  lowers  his  eyes  and  grows 
mute.  In  Italy  outspokenness  is  no  sign  of  illiter- 
acy but  rather  an  indication  of  a  due  sense  of  re« 


32  Temperament  and  Sex 

sponsibility.  I  have,  myself,  given  away  very 
many  copies  of  Dr.  Robinson's  "Never  Told 
Tales"  to  people  whom  I  knew  needed  some  sexual 
enlightenment  on  what  to  avoid,  and  I  have  been 
considerably  astonished  at  the  result  in  a  few 
cases.  I  have  realized  that  the  reading  of  the 
tales  has  been  the  means  of  straightening  out  quite 
a  few  marital  tangles  and  has  secured  an  added 
measure  of  health  and  happiness  for  husbands, 
wives,  sons  and  daughters.  We  must  always  keep 
in  mind  that  the  sexual  needs  are  urgent  ones  and 
that  sex  in  the  art  of  love  is  one  of  the  funda- 
mental impulses  of  the  human  race.  Every  organ 
in  the  human  body  has  its  own  peculiar  instincts 
and  sphere  of  activity  and  therefore  needs  proper 
food  and  satisfactory  exercise  if  the  system  is  to  be 
kept  up  to  its  normal  standard,  and  all  its  facul- 
ties have  full  opportunity  for  development,  and 
life  be  made  useful  and  beneficial.  In  these  days 
it  would  be  ridiculous  and  ludicrous  to  offer  any 
proof  of  pure  sex  phenomena.  It  has  been  fre- 
quently acknowledged,  though  often  sedulously 
avoided,  that  it  is  high  time  we  set  about  to  undo 
the  deplorable  and  disgraceful  ignorance  of  the 
past.  Book  after  book  is  being  written  and  pub- 
lished by  talented  and  conscientious  authors  who 
are  giving  to  the  world  their  innermost  thoughts 
and  investigations  and  who  are  pleading  strongly 
for  a  truly  rational  form  of  sex  education.  Krafft- 


Education  and  Sex  33 

Ebing  in  his  well-known  masterpiece  "Psycopa- 
thia  Sexualis"  declares  most  emphatically  that  if 
man  were  deprived  of  all  sexual  distinction  and 
the  noble  and  illustrious  thoughts  arising  there- 
from; poetry  and  art,  and  most  probably  all  ele- 
vating moral  tendency  would  be  entirely  elimin- 
ated from  this  life. 

The  sexual  sense  is,  without  doubt,  the  one 
mighty  factor  in  the  individual  and  social  rela- 
tions of  all  communities.  Properly  regulated  sex- 
ual feeling  and  the  rightful  control  of  the  sex 
element  is  really  the  root  and  basis  of  all  ethics 
and  also  of  all  religions  and  aestheticism.  In  an- 
other portion  of  the  same  work  Krafft-Ebing  states 
that  "Sexual  influence  in  the  individual  is  powerful 
in  the  awakening  and  the  proper  development  of 
true  and  lasting  aesthetic  sentiments."  From  the 
universe  of  love  (sensual)  arises  that  passionate 
warmth  of  fancy  and  creative  imagination  which 
alone  can  incite  and  inspire  the  constructive  mind, 
and  the  redolent  glow  of  the  carefully  nurtured 
and  mature  sexual  feeling  kindles,  preserves,  and 
considerably  increases  the  ardor  and  fervor  of 
art. 

Ethical  and  truly  moral  surroundings  are  vitally 
necessary  in  order  to  elevate  love  to  its  highest 
and  noblest  form,  but  in  any  case  sensations  and 


34  Temperament  and  Sex 

sensuality  will  ever  remain  its  fundamental  prin- 
ciple. The  normal  sex  functions  of  man  exercise 
a  profound  and  fathomless  influence  upon  the 
development  and  preservation  of  character  in  the 
individual.  Manliness,  courage  and  self-reliance 
are  certainly  not  the  qualities  which  adorn  the 
sexual  pervert. 

I  have  at  different  times,  and  under  unusual  cir- 
stances  come  in  contact  with  members  of  both 
sexes  who  had  suffered  most  severely  in  body  and 
mind  for  a  lengthy  period  through  a  lack  of  un- 
derstanding nature's  laws  and  whose  incessant  re- 
pression of  their  natural  instinct  and  feelings  has 
resulted  in  a  painful  and  uneasy  disturbance  of  an 
otherwise  perfectly  healthy  organization.  Ellis, 
Moll,  Robie  and  many  others  have  given  frequent 
and  innumerable  instances  and  most  comprehen- 
sive details  of  such  cases  and  have  dwelt  at  length 
on  the  method  of  cure,  which  is  easily  and  some- 
what rapidly  obtained  when  the  patient  is  frankly 
told  the  cause  and  is  given  to  understand  that  the 
patient  is  master  of  the  situation  if  he  is  willing 
to  yield  to  the  proper  expression  and  exercise  of 
his  sexual  demands.  Most  of  the  sexual  perver- 
sions and  inversions  are  created  by  a  lack  of  com- 
petent sex  knowledge  although  it  quite  frequently 
happens  that  when  the  perversion  or  inversion  has 
become  quite  an  established  condition,  it  is  often 


Education  and  Sex  35 

quite  impossible  to  effect  a  cure  by  allowing  the 
subject  access  to  normal  sex  relationship,  thus 
proving  once  again  the  benefit  and  absolute  neces- 
sity of  clear  and  accurate  instruction,  more  es- 
pecially during  the  period  of  adolescence. 

Dr.  Robie  has  given  many  instances  where  he 
has  sweetened  and  lengthened  the  lives  of  many 
people  of  both  sexes  by  having  them  adjust  their 
natural  sexual  needs  along  common  sense  and  per- 
fectly natural  lines,  regardless  of  what  may  be 
termed  the  usual  customs  and  conventions  with 
which  they  were  surrounded.  Especially  must  we 
fully  and  completely  realize  the  necessity  of  proper 
instruction,  when  we  are  confronted  with  the  fact 
that  all  of  our  leading  writers  on  this  subject  have 
unanimously  stated  with  many  illustrations,  that 
the  average  sexual  pervert,  man  or  woman,  is 
often  a  person  of  high  intellectual  ability,  and  in 
everything  else  but  matters  of  sex  they  are  ofttimes 
leaders  in  religion,  morals,  society,  art  and  poli- 
tics. 

I  well  know  that  many  people  who  essayed  to 
study  the  problems  of  the  sex  question  have  with- 
drawn in  cowardly  fashion  because  they  have 
been  met  at  once  with  the  bitterness  of  painful 
truth,  and  they  retire  from  the  field  with  the 
thought  that  the  obstacles  are  too  numerous  and 
too  great  to  be  overcome  by  mortal  minds.  Edu- 
cation, chaste  and  workable  ethics,  and  sound  laws, 


36  Temperament  and  Sex 

are  the  trinity  from  which  all  genuine  wisdom  is 
derived.  Societies,  such  as  the  National  Council 
of  Public  Morals  in  England,  have  been  of  more 
real  benefit  to  every  component  part  of  the  human 
race  than  all  the  Comstocks  and  anti-vice  societies 
in  the  world;  because,  by  means  of  the  distribution 
of  enormous  numbers  of  tracts  among  all  classes 
of  people,  they  have  instructed  and  advised  them 
in  matters  of  sex  and  how  to  meet  the  problems 
of  their  daily  lives,  and  they  have  thus  made  pos- 
sible to  countless  numbers  a  greater  enjoyment  of 
the  sexual  life,  without  any  possibility  of  detri- 
mental features  clouding  the  horizon.  If  the  sex 
feeling  is  strangled,  kept  dormant,  and  prohibited 
from  its  proper  expression,  neither  man  nor  wo- 
man can  play  the  greater  part  in  any  activity 
of  life.  The  world's  great  scientists  and  moral- 
ists have  taken  up,  studied,  and  analyzed,  every 
sense  and  power  in  the  human  body  except  the 
sexual  sense,  and  that  was  seemingly  too  shameful 
and  far  too  dangerous  a  topic  to  be  dwelt  upon. 
Parents  even,  let  their  children  struggle  blindly 
through  the  dangerous,  yet  ever  beautiful  adoles- 
cent period,  and  teachers  and  instructors  see  their 
pupils  wander  aimlessly  through  the  mazes  and 
labyrinths  of  the  awakening  mind,  and  but  rarely 
stretch  forth  a  hand  to  guide  the  pupil  to  safety 
and  safe-keeping.  We  can  hardly  look  to  the 
Bible  for  much  advice  or  helpfulness  in  sexual 


Education  and  Sex  37 

matters,  for  as  John  Milton  wrote,  "The  Bible 
frequently  relates  blasphemies  in  most  indelicate 
terms  and  fully  describes  the  fleshly  lusts  of  vi- 
cious men  and  women  without  a  particle  of  ele- 
gance." 

Havelock  Ellis  devotes  a  large  amount  of  space 
to  relate  the  homo-sexual  proclivities  of  men  who 
have  been  acknowledged  leaders  in  world  activi- 
ties. I  am  quite  sure  that  in  the  majority  of 
cases,  the  sufferers  from  sexual  inversions  and 
perversions  of  all  kinds,  have  received  their  ini- 
tiation into  their  topsy-turvy  surroundings  through 
suppressed  sexual  desires  and  emotions,  or  per- 
haps by  the  suppressing  and  subduing  of  love. 
The  subjects  being  unable  to  properly  understand 
or  diagnose  their  condition  and  tendencies  in  an 
intelligent  manner  because  of  their  failure  to  un- 
derstand their  natural  feelings  aright,  are 
thus  driven  to  a  life  of  perversion  in  order  to  ob- 
tain satisfactory  relief.  Innumerable  cases,  mostly 
of  a  sad  and  grievous  character,  have  been  re- 
corded and  published,  especially  by  medical  writ- 
ers on  sexual  problems.  Dr.  J.  W.  Howe  records 
a  particularly  distressing  case  in  his  book  en- 
titled "Excessive  Venery."  In  this  case  the  sub- 
ject was  a  very  wealthy  young  man,  moving  in 
the  very  highest  social  circle,  and  a  member  of 
several  exclusive  clubs;  but  who  succeeded  in 
masturbating  himself  into  an  early  grave.  Later 


38  Temperament  and  Sex 

inquiries  proved  that  the  family  nurse  taught 
him  to  masturbate  at  the  age  of  five.  This 
masturbation  in  time  became  mutual  and  he 
followed  the  vicious  instruction  of  his  teacher  for 
at  least  ten  years  without  any  diminution  what- 
ever, and  it  became  so  strong  a  feature  of  every 
day  of  his  life,  that  ere  long  the  entire  household 
became  deeply  horrified  and  mortified  at  his  con- 
stantly repeated  public  attempts  at  self-pollution. 
In  the  kitchen,  in  the  dining-room,  and  in  the  par- 
lor, no  matter  who  might  be  present,  he  repeatedly 
resorted  to  his  perversion,  and  the  entire  house- 
hold was  in  a  constant  uproar,  and  every  member 
felt  humbled  with  the  oft  repeated  embarrassing 
situations.  Entreaties,  prayers,  and  threats,  proved 
of  no  avail  whatsoever,  and  at  last  a  number  of 
orderlies  were  engaged  to  watch  the  subject  day 
and  night,  and  for  hours  at  a  time  his  hands  and 
feet  were  tied  securely;  but  the  moment  they  were 
released,  the  same  revolting  performances  were 
repeated.  He  was  placed  under  strict  medical  care 
and  attention,  and  after  a  consultation  with  the 
family  it  was  decided  as  a  final  resort,  to  secure 
the  service  of  a  "Nymph  du  Pave."  A  woman  of 
remarkable  figure  was  obtained;  she  was  com- 
pletely denuded  of  every  article  of  clothing  and 
placed  in  bed  by  the  side  of  the  pervert.  His 
hands  which  for  several  days  had  been  securely 
tied,  were  now  entirely  freed.  Alas  I  the  experi- 


Education  and  Sex  39 

ment  was  a  complete  failure;  as  soon  as  the  pa- 
tient felt  that  his  hands  were  free  he  commenced 
masturbating  with  redoubled  energy,  paying  not 
the  slightest  attention  to  the  attractive  nude  fe- 
male at  his  side.  In  a  short  space  of  time  the 
young  man  succumbed  and  the  family  was  relieved. 
It  is  quite  natural  that  in  the  matter  of  sexual  edu- 
cation, a  true  ethical  standard  is  required  at  all 
times,  and  whatever  the  altitude  of  this  criterion, 
it  should  never  for  a  single  moment  be  a  stum- 
bling block  to  a  person  of  ordinary  education  and 
who  is  surrounded  by  a  proper  environment. 
Freud's  exceedingly  slight  ethical  views  and  his 
constant  verging  from  the  purely  ideal  to  the 
commonplace  mechanical,  has  very  frequently  had 
the  result  that  students  who  have  carefully  studied 
and  closely  followed  his  arguments  and  proce- 
dures, have  repeatedly  accused  him  of  being  well- 
nigh  immoral  in  his  teachings  and  tendencies.  In 
all  my  researches  and  studies  of  the  many  sexual 
problems  and  varied  manifestations,  I  have  always 
closely  adhered  to  what  I  have  thought  was  the 
naturally  ideal,  and  the  personification  of  the 
beautiful;  and  I  consider  that  the  whole  matter 
of  sexual  laws  and  sexual  behavior  can  never  be 
limited  to  a  series  of  inviolable  rules  and  defini- 
tions, nor  can  it  be  controlled  by  carefully  meas- 
ured statements,  or  uniform  laws  of  observance. 
This  would  be  something  of  a  parallax,  viz.: — 


40  Temperament  and  Sex 

they  could  be  shifted  and  diverged  to  any  angle 
desired  in  order  to  suit  the  particular  wishes  or 
desires  of  the  individual,  without  a  seeming  in- 
fraction of  its  edicts.  Absolute  asceticism  has  ap- 
peared among  all  races  of  mankind,  and  has  found 
many  astute  followers  in  all  ages,  but  it  is  generally 
acknowledged  that  it  is  an  absolute  separation 
from  all  that  is  natural  in  human  nature  and  it 
means  a  most  rigid  cultivation  of  all  that  is  un- 
natural with  the  attendant  discomfort  and  incon- 
venience. As  Bloch  so  admirably  points  out,  in  the 
morbid  restraint  of  the  normal  sexual  impulse  and 
the  constant  castigation  of  the  mind,  the  person 
who  is  fervently  striving  to  live  the  ascetic  life  is 
really  at  all  times  thoroughly  enjoying  sexual  im- 
pulses. Ascetics  of  all  ages  and  of  all  times  stud- 
ied sheer  voluptuousness  in  all  its  many  forms  in 
order  that  they  might  become  thoroughly  familiar 
with  all  the  feelings  and  natural  desires  that  they 
have  emphatically  vowed  to  avoid  under  any  cir- 
cumstances. 

Schopenhauer,  Tolstoi  and  other  notable  mod- 
ern ascetics  have  most  distinctly  stated  that  they 
persisted  at  great  length  in  the  study  of  the  most 
furious  and  debasing  evidences  of  the  sexual  im- 
pulse, normal  and  abnormal,  in  order  that  they 
could  more  successfully  and  impressively  write 
and  properly  describe  the  absolute  beauty  and 
transcendent  holiness  of  the  condition  of  total  ab- 
stinence. 


Education  and  Sex  41 

Tolstoi  in  one  of  his  essays  absolutely  demands 
that  men  and  women  of  all  grades  of  society  shall 
be  so  brought  up  and  strictly  educated,  that  both 
before  and  after  the  marriage  ceremony,  they 
shall  always  regard  what  they  have  hitherto 
termed  Love,  and  the  natural  sexual  passion  that 
is  associated  with  it,  not  as  an  exalted  and  poetic 
state  of  the  persons  concerned,  but  rather  regard 
it  as  a  bestial  condition  that  is  at  all  times  abso- 
lutely degrading  to  humanity!  Weininger,  a  re- 
cent writer  on,  and  professor  of  asceticism,  in  a 
most  frank  and  audacious  fashion,  declares  that 
the  man  who  everlastingly  proclaims  his  abhor- 
rence and  intense  horror  of  women,  is  not  usually 
the  one  who  has  had  little  or  nothing  to  do  with 
them,  but  rather  the  one  who  has  had  innumerable 
loves  of  all  kinds  and  whose  entire  life  has  been 
entirely  made  up  of  affairs  with  women. 

Between  sexual  orgies  and  excesses,  and  absolute 
sexual  mortification  and  complete  abstinence,  there 
is  a  delightfully  happy  medium,  and  it  is  in  the 
natural  enjoyment  and  proper  exercise  of  the  sex- 
ual functions  that  a  human  being  can  find  its  haven 
of  genuine  comfort  and  satisfaction.  If  the  normal 
sexual  impulse  is  a  natural  phenomenon,  then  man 
or  woman  has  a  perfectly  legitimate  right  to  the 
full  and  complete  gratification  of  its  needs  and 
necessities.  Indeed,  the  sexual  sense  is  obligatory, 
and  a  refusal  to  admit  its  wants  ultimately  ends 
in  some  physical  form  of  wretchedness  and  mental 


42 

poverty.  Not  only  are  all  forms  of  asceticism 
directly  contrary  to  nature's  laws,  but  they  are 
decidely  unmoral  and  work  in  direct  opposition  to 
the  prowess  of  the  individual  or  nation.  The  dis- 
ciples of  acute  asceticism  look  upon  all  natural 
sex  manifestations  as  impure  and  unholy,  and  in 
addition  to  the  ascetics  there  are  innumerable 
people  of  both  sexes,  but  the  female  in  particular, 
who  accept  their  marital  obligations  and  carry 
through  the  sexual  act  with  reasonable  regularity, 
but  at  each  repetition  of  the  act  their  minds  are 
imbued  with  the  obstinate  belief  that  it  is  immoral 
and  ungodly.  That  the  exercise  of  the  sex  function 
is  wicked  and  shows  a  depraved  organization,  is  a 
dogma  replete  with  mysticism.  Its  objects  are  at 
all  times  obscure  and  misleading,  and  the  folly  of 
such  a  belief  reveals  itself  when  we  observe  that 
its  followers  are  nearly  always  unhappy,  worth- 
less, and  despicable  creatures.  Famous  theologi- 
ans and  didactic  essayists  of  the  past  repeatedly 
expressed  in  a  vehement  manner  their  fervent  de- 
sire for  early  sex  education  for  both  sexes,  but 
their  views  were  rarely  promulgated  or  enlarged 
upon,  and  all  the  discussions  and  debates  were 
relegated  to  a  mere  private  ventilation. 

Within  quite  recent  times,  with  the  advent  of 
Woman  Suffrage  and  the  various  movements  for 
the  protection  and  greater  respect  for  womanhood, 


Education  and  Sex  43 

there  has  sprung  up  decided  and  influential  cam- 
gaigns  against  the  "White  Slave"  traffic  and  also 
against  the  spread  and  acquirement  of  venereal 
diseases;  but  there  would  be  little  need  for  such 
campaigns  if  our  young  people  were  thoroughly 
educated  and  properly  advised.  The  generations 
to  come  will  undoubtedly  regard  us  with  precisely 
the  same  sympathy  and  commiseration  that  we 
view  our  ancestry.  Future  thinkers  and  educators 
will  view  with  contempt  our  observancies  and  be- 
liefs just  as  we  do  those  of  a  previous  age. 
Slowly,  year  by  year,  we  are  becoming  far  more 
reasonable  in  our  views  of  the  sexual  life,  and 
we  are  gradually  acknowledging  its  incalculable 
value  to  the  happiness  of  the  people  at  large.  In- 
difference and  a  position  of  apathy  to  a  more  ad- 
vanced and  enlightened  knowledge  on  any  import- 
ant subject  is  proof  of  ignorance  and  stupidity. 
Belief  in  any  form  of  superstition  is  simply  an 
excuse  to  evade  the  study  or  diligent  research  into 
the  matter  in  hand.  What  we  now  do  and  the 
works  we  endeavor  to  accomplish,  embellish  and 
transform,  will  be  reflected  in  the  fullest  sense  in 
the  prosperity  (mental  and  physical)  of  the  suc- 
ceeding generations.  Very  many  people  totally 
ignore  the  differences  and  changes  in  the  present 
order  of  things.  They  disregard  the  fact  that 
abundant  variations  are  apparent  in  every  walk 
of  life  and  that  we  are  constantly  passing  from 


44  Temperament  and  Sex 

one  form  to  another  in  order  to  reach  the  highest 
objective.  These  people  insist  that  all  moral  law 
must  be  in  thorough  accord  with  the  dictates  and 
formulas  of  pedants  of  by-gone  days. 

The  velocity  with  which  everything  is  accom- 
plished now-a-days  has  its  due  effect  on  the  con- 
stitutions and  nervous  organisms  of  the  race,  and 
the  laws  of  by-gone  days  in  morals  and  everything 
else  must  be  radically  altered  to  suit  present-day 
conditions.  We  are  face  to  face  with  the  fact  of 
how  little  our  progenitors  thought  of  the  rights 
of  women,  and  of  the  extreme  value  to  humanity 
everywhere  of  a  development  of  the  social  order. 
We  are  progressive,  extremely  so,  but  so  were  our 
forefathers,  and  those  who  are  to  come  will  surely 
be  considerably  amazed  that  with  all  the  monu- 
mental achievements  of  the  twentieth  century,  we 
were  so  deficient  in  properly  realizing  the  supreme 
importance  of  having  taught  in  an  adequate  man- 
ner the  subject  that  will  for  all  time  be  the  most 
essential  feature  and  the  greatest  vital  necessity 
in  the  lives  of  all  men  and  women. 

It  has  been  affirmed  by  several  prominent  writ- 
ers that  in  most  of  our  co-educational  institutions 
and  academies  where  there  is  a  free  mixing  of 
the  sexes  in  all  departments,  that  the  sexual  na- 
ture of  the  students  (of  both  sexes)  is  kept  under 
much  better  control,  and  there  is  a  noticeable  ab- 


Education  and  Sex  45 

sence  of  homo-sexuality  and  perversions  which 
have  for  a  long  period  been  so  prevalent  in  the 
schools  for  individual  sexes.  Eulenberg,  in  his 
oft-quoted  treatise  on  neurasthenia,  declares 
"What  is  needed,  is  the  appointment  and  proper 
administration  of  strong  and  effective  educational 
influences  which  will  tend  to  diminish  the  undue 
sexual  excitability  of  youth  and  enable  it  to  be 
kept  within  its  proper  bounds ;  but  more  important 
still  is  that  thorough  enlightenment  should  be  given 
in  the  fullest  measure  of  the  natural  functions  of 
the  sexual  nature."  Regarding  woman,  she  al- 
ways has  and  always  will  radiate  sex;  and  yet  con- 
siderably more  than  half  of  the  women  in  the 
world  to-day  never  really  know  or  fully  under- 
stand their  sex  natures.  Mantegazza  has  a  good 
deal  to  say  regarding  women  and  sex,  and  he  as- 
serts that  "the  beauties  and  delights  of  all  woman- 
kind are  one  and  all  deeply  sexual."  Ribbing  says 
"Since  all  human  life  and  being  naturally  has  its 
origin  in  the  sexual  relations,  then  these  relations 
must  be  regarded  as  the  very  spirit  and  heart  of 
humanity."  We  may  work  year  after  year  for  the 
good  of  mankind  in  general,  we  may  valiantly 
strive  for  the  moral  and  physical  uplift  of  the 
species,  and  we  may  sacrifice  for  the  good  of  the 
human  race  our  time,  money  and  we  may  perhaps 
give  our  lives;  but  all  will  be  in  vain  if  we  exclude 
the  sexual  nature  which  is  the  eternal  self-renew- 


46  Temperament  and  Sex 

ing  school  of  altruism.  There  is  a  very  old  say- 
ing that  sex  is  everything  and  everything  is  sex. 
Kisch  in  his  "Sexual  Life  of  Woman,"  repeats  him- 
self several  times  in  stating  that  the  lack  of  a 
thorough  education,  (co-operating  with  much  use- 
ful advice  and  assistance  in  sex  matters)  is  de- 
plorable and  entirely  opposed  to  everything  in 
nature,  and  contrary  to  the  laws  pertaining  to 
health  and  happiness.  Quite  recently  the  Secret 
Service  officials  have  raided  very  many  houses 
of  ill  repute  near  to  the  many  cantonments  and 
training  camps.  These  raids  have  brought  to 
thousands  of  our  citizens  and  a  great  many  com- 
munities, the  great  importance  of  a  well  regulated 
sex  life  to  the  individual  and  to  the  nation.  Fol- 
lowing these  raids,  I  found,  on  inquiry,  that  the 
following  Sunday  nearly  every  congregation  in 
churches  of  all  denominations  listened  to  stirring 
sermons  by  the  Pastors  and  Priests  regarding  the 
necessity  of  proper  sex  education,  which  was  the 
one  thing  necessary  to  prevent  such  occurrences  in 
the  future.  So  perhaps,  ere  very  long,  the  day 
will  dawn  when  the  veil  will  be  torn  away  from  so 
important  a  subject,  and  we  shall  have  a  complete 
and  properly  authorized  system  of  general  sex 
education,  which  will,  in  the  course  of  time,  com- 
pletely eradicate  licentiousness,  prostitution,  and 
the  Divorce  Court. 


IV 

LOVE   AND   SEX 

FOLLOWING  some  of  my  previously  pub- 
lished articles  on  love  and  the  sexual  life, 
I  have  been  severely  criticized  for  my  cheerful  op- 
timism and  my  sanguinary  premises  for  the  future 
in  the  social  and  private  life  of  our  people.  Per- 
haps such  criticisms  are  tolerably  fair  in  the  minds 
of  the  writers,  but  it  is  because  they  refuse  to  study 
acutely  the  actual  conditions  of  the  lives  of  normal 
men  and  women,  and  they  reject  everything  which 
does  not  smack  of  the  orthodox  and  is  not  in  ac- 
cordance with  pre-conceived  didactics.  The  rea- 
son for  my  confidence  is,  that  I  am  daily  reminded 
that  there  is  an  ever  increasing  number  of  both 
men  and  women  who  are  giving  their  time  and 
means  to  the  end  that  the  world  shall  be  a  much 
happier  sphere  to  live  in  and  that  the  people  shall 
be  thoroughly  instructed  in  the  method  by  which 
they  can  secure  such  happiness  with  the  resultant 
prosperity. 

The  Art  of  Love  has  been  described  and  ex- 
tolled by  numerous  writers  in  all  ages,  and  in  all 
countries,  from  Ovid  to  the  present  day;  and  I 

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48  Temperament  and  Sex 

am  optimistic  enough  to  believe  that  the  Art  of 
Love  will,  ere  long,  be  taught  in  public  institu- 
tions and  colleges;  and  perhaps  there  will  soon 
come  an  end  to  the  trite  saying  that  a  perfect  love 
is  as  rare  as  perfect  beauty.  One  reason  why  I 
have  studied  the  subjects  of  this  volume  with 
such  zeal  and  with  such  entire  confidence  is,  that 
all  my  life  I  have  steadily  refused  to  follow  blindly 
all  the  laws  around  me,  natural  or  acquired.  I 
want  to  know  the  full  reason  for  their  existence, 
and  to  be  fully  satisfied  as  to  their  profit  to  the 
people  and  nation,  or  otherwise.  I  have  made 
exhaustive  inquiries  into  all  the  so-called  laws  of 
sex,  natural  and  unnatural,  and  also  those  of  Di- 
vine origin.  My  undertaking  is  not  from  any 
selfish  motive,  nor  do  I  wish  to  be  considered  as 
posing  to  be  an  arbiter  of  the  actions  of  men  and 
women.  It  is  because  of  the  unbounded  amount  of 
sexual  misery  rampant  everywhere  that  has  im- 
pelled me  to  study,  write  and  endeavor  to  in- 
struct. Our  compassion  for  the  misery  of  others 
makes  our  own  circumstances  far  less  acute.  The 
deaf  person  pities  the  blind  and  vice-versa.  True 
happiness  in  love  is  only  found  and  realized  when 
one  is  constantly  striving  for  the  ideal,  instead  of 
simply  acting  according  to  the  manner  of  those 
who  preceded  us  and  showed  us  their  way;  which 
may  be  vastly  different  to  the  dictates  of  our  own 
natures.  As  a  year  without  a  Spring,  as  a  flower 


Love  and  Sex  49 

without  its  fragrance,  so  would  youth  be  without 
love.  Surely  the  Almighty  has  not  grafted  into 
the  hearts  of  his  children  the  power  to  love,  and 
then  created  laws,  or  caused  them  to  be  promulgat- 
ed, which  have  for  their  object  the  suppression  of 
love  and  the  restraint  of  its  force.  It  is  entirely 
unreasonable  that  in  order  to  live  as  the  world 
says  we  ought  to  live,  we  must  sacrifice  all  of  our 
natural  feelings  and  depend  on  superficial  motives 
for  the  satisfaction  of  our  senses  and  affections. 
We  are  constantly  being  informed  that  whoever 
disobeys  the  laws  of  nature  will  ultimately  be 
punished  with  ill  health  and  misery!  Countless 
numbers  of  people  throughout  the  whole  of  their 
lives  have  sighed  and  panted  for  true  love;  they 
have  had  an  incessant  hunger  for  the  joys  love 
would  have  brought  to  their  otherwise  colorless 
existence.  But  on  account  of  primitive  ideals  or 
their  abject  subjection  to  puritanical  conventions, 
they  have  securely  locked  the  door  of  their  hearts 
and  smothered  all  that  was  best  in  their  senses. 
Subjection  to  love  would  have  fed  both  mind  and 
body;  but  they  have  made  the  conditions  so  strin- 
gent that  true  love  could  never  accept  them  and 
live.  Present  day  religions  could  not  exist  and 
prosper  under  their  former  doctrines. 

Churches  now  have  parish  houses  with  pool 
tables,  card  rooms  and  a  dancing  floor.  Most  of 
the  present  day  theologies  and  dictates  as  to  mor- 


50  Temperament  and  Sex 

ality,  love  and  sex,  are  either  something  con- 
nected with,  or  derived  from,  moralists  and  think- 
ers of  by-gone  days  or  else  they  are  Utopian  ideas 
of  an  improbable  future  state.  Happiness  and 
love  we  all  crave,  and  it  is  the  matter  of  the  full- 
est satisfaction  and  solid  contentment  in  our  pil- 
grimage through  life,  that  concerns  normal  men 
and  women  the  most.  The  amazing  theories  of 
modern  alienists  concerning  degeneracy  and  kin- 
dred subjects  are  very  interesting  to  teachers  and 
educators,  but  what  we  most  vitally  need  is  edu- 
cation in  love  and  sex  in  order  that  our  senses 
may  receive  due  satisfaction,  and  we  can  obtain 
our  full  measure  of  happiness,  personal  enjoyment 
and  profit,  out  of  the  ordinary  natural  events  of 
our  lives.  Every  religion,  of  every  nationality 
and  of  every  color,  is  based  on  a  God  of  Love, 
whether  that  God  is  the  Infinite  Being,  or  one  com- 
posed of  Brass,  Iron,  Stone  or  Fire.  Love  to  be 
real  must  be  a  true  internal  impulse  far  removed 
from  the  automatic.  The  puppy  loves  the  bitch, 
the  kitten  the  cat,  the  foal  the  mare,  and  the  child 
its  mother.  They  receive  no  education,  nor  are 
their  feelings  dwarfed  by  restrictions;  their  af- 
fection is  truly  natural  and  its  instigation  is  un- 
questioned. You  cannot  in  anyway  analyze  it;  you 
dare  not  question  it;  it  is  all  embracing  and  prac- 
tically complete  in  its  manifestation.  Love  does 
not  come  by  talking  or  theorizing  about  it;  it  ac- 


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knowledges  no  direction;  it  obeys  no  time-clock. 
The  seed  is  sown  and  it  blossoms  forth  as  a  flower 
and  bestows  a  perfume  of  surpassing  sweetness, 
and  vitalizes  everything  that  it  comes  in  contact 
with.  Life  can  never  be  complete  or  truly  suc- 
cessful when  love  is  suppressed  for  any  reason 
whatever;  every  heart  normally  craves  the  op- 
portunity to  love  and  it  will,  at  all  times,  eventu- 
ally do  so  if  allowed  to  pursue  its  logical  course. 
Many  years  ago  I  was  fortunate  enough  to  hear 
in  London  the  delightful  French  author  and  lec- 
turer, Max  O'Rell,  give  three  lectures  on  the 
"Art  of  Loving  and  Being  Loved."  The  first  two 
lectures  were  entirely  educational,  sexual  laws 
being  the  premier  subject  and  temperament  a  close 
second.  I  was  but  a  young  man  when  I  heard  them, 
and  they  gave  me  the  first  impetus  to  study  deeply 
the  problems  of  sex,  love  and  the  natural  human 
passions.  After  hearing  O'Rell's  masterly  ex- 
position of  human  love  and  its  requirements,  I 
fully  realized  that  there  would  be  more  harmony 
in  our  social  life,  more  genuine  satisfaction  in  the 
ordinary  routine  of  daily  toil,  and  a  keener  en- 
joyment of  all  life's  privileges  and  prerogatives 
if  our  youth  were  given  clear  and  concise  instruc- 
tion in  the  greatest  and  most  alluring  of  the  pas- 
sions. From  Ovid  to  the  twentieth  century,  the 
treatises  on  love  are  mainly  descriptive,  poetical, 
and  full  of  the  beauteous  elements  of  the  love  pas- 


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sion,  but  only  rarely  are  they  in  the  slightest  de- 
gree instructive.  Dr.  Bernard  Talmey's  recent  vol- 
ume on  "Love,  or  the  Science  of  Sex  Attraction" 
is  full  of  most  beautiful  thoughts  and  charming 
aesthetic  ideas,  but  very  many  of  the  ideals  de- 
voutly wished  for  will  prove  a  veritable  stum- 
bling block  to  ordinary  folk  and  many  willing  en- 
thusiasts. It  would  be  Utopian  if  all  natures 
could  and  would  willingly  coincide  with  his  strictly 
ethical  views  of  love  and  sex.  But  there  are  no 
two  natures  alike  in  any  respect,  nor  can  any  two 
or  more  people  be  satisfied  or  satisfactorily  nour- 
ished with  the  same  material.  This  world  would 
be  a  very  sorry  place  to  live  in  if  every  thought, 
feeling  and  impulse,  were  expressed  in  exactly  the 
same  manner  and  their  actions  governed  by  pre- 
cisely the  same  rules,  and  always  in  exactly  the 
same  fashion,  with  precisely  the  same  acme  of 
pleasure,  and  with  an  ever  similar  sequel.  Cus- 
toms, traditions  and  profound  conventionalities 
have  no  place  in  the  purely  sexual  sphere,  for  each 
decade  brings  very  many  changes  in  the  customs 
of  every  day  life  and  the  forms  of  legitimate  ex- 
pression, and  changes  are  ever  prevalent  in  every 
period  of  our  existence  from  the  cradle  to  the 
grave.  So  why  do  our  thinkers  and  educational- 
ists insist  that  there  can  be  no  changes  in  the  sex- 
ual code  of  ethics?  Regulations  and  methods  for 
the  control  of  the  expression  of  love  with  its  sex 


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manifestations,  will  have  to  be  very  wisely  adapted 
to  the  varied  conditions  of  life  and  its  member- 
ship. 

There  will  always  have  to  be  a  full  apprecia- 
tion of  the  many  different  physical  and  mental 
processes  underlying  all  the  forms  and  expressions 
of  love,  and  due  allowance  will  have  to  be  made 
for  the  status  of  intellectual  sensibility  and  the  en- 
vironment of  all  the  parties  concerned.  The  sex- 
ual impulse  in  man  and  woman  is  never  entirely 
absent,  but  its  strength  and  its  method  of  expres- 
sion varies  according  to  the  individual's  ancestry 
and  mode  of  life.  Love  has  always  been  described 
as  being  stronger  than  death.  It  exalts  the  in- 
dividual just  in  the  same  manner  and  just  as  com- 
pletely as  the  "rut"  in  animals  overwhelms  all 
their  natural  instincts  and  proclivities, 

Schopenhauer,  the  modern  avowed  ascetic,  has 
in  a  truly  delightful  and  semi-humorous  manner, 
proclaimed  that  his  conclusions  are  (after  a 
lengthy  study  of  the  subject)  that  love  is  really 
an  intoxication  that  urges  men  and  women  (with- 
out their  even  suspecting  it)  to  a  rightful  propa- 
gation of  the  species.  He  maintains  that  without 
love,  nations  would  crumble  and  family  life  would 
very  soon  be  extinct.  It  is  the  "surprises"  of  love 
that  produces  really  great  events  out  of  very 
trifling  things,  and  which  incites  the  recipient  and 


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the  bestower  to  deeds  at  times  gigantic,  frequently 
heroic,  and  achievements  remote  from  the  com- 
monplace. Love  plays  on  every  feeling  we  possess 
in  infinite  variations  of  expression,  and  there  can 
never  be  a  heart  or  mind  that  does  not  possess  in 
some  degree  the  possibility  of  yielding  to  its  in- 
fluence and  acknowledging  its  potency.  We  should 
seek  to  cherish  and  encourage  love,  not  by  un- 
loosening and  unbridling  its  sensuality,  but  by 
making  it  conform  to  a  proper  standard  of  perfec- 
tion. When  love  is  unrestrained  and  unbound  by 
fetters  of  unwise  and  unnatural  conventionality, 
its  yielding  and  its  most  pronounced  desires  lose 
all  possible  elements  of  grossness  or  immorality, 
and  it  rejoices  to  the  utmost  in  being  able  to  fully 
express  itself,  and  also  to  receive  from  the  loved 
one  the  reciprocal  devotion  that  is  life  itself  to 
the  lover  and  loved.  Each  individual  to  be  con- 
tent and  comfortable  has,  at  all  times,  to  provide  a 
satisfactory  outlet  for  the  constant  recurrence  of 
emotional  impulses.  It  has  been  freely  acknowl- 
edged that  the  average  woman  can  be  fairly  happy 
without  the  regular  exercise  of  the  physical  mani- 
festations of  love  much  more  easily  and  with  less 
detriment  to  mind  and  body  than  can  a  man ;  but 
if  the  physical  attributes  are  not  possible  or  are 
not  desired,  then  the  system  must  be  given  some 
other  opportunity  for  the  relief  of  their  pent-up 
sexual  energy,  or  body  and  mind  will  suffer  ac- 


Love  and  Sex  55 

cordingly.  The  pampering  of  poodle  dogs  by 
women  of  all  types  and  of  all  social  grades  is 
simply  their  acknowledgment  of  the  feeling  of 
motherhood,  which  every  woman  possesses  in 
some  degree,  but  the  vast  majority  of  our  so-called 
"society"  matrons  endeavor  to  ignore  the  exer- 
cise of  the  privileges  and  duties  of  real  mother- 
hood on  account  of  their  having  to  withdraw 
(during  pregnancy  and  child-birth)  from  the  at- 
tractive society  functions  and  gaieties  of  the  social 
sphere. 

Elizabeth  Steinborn  in  her  "Sexual  Position  of 
Woman"  after  describing  at  length  the  many 
wrongs  and  the  brutal  treatment  that  women  in 
the  past  have  been  subject  to,  states  that  "The 
Women's  Rights  parties  of  succeeding  genera- 
tions will  have  nothing  to  say  and  no  laws  to  make 
regarding  possible  rules  and  regulations  for  the 
proper  conduct  of  the  marriage  state.  A  truly 
honorable  man  has  as  little  need  of  stringent  laws 
to  regulate  his  amorous  relations  with  his  wife  or 
mistress  as  he  has  of  laws  against  his  committing 
murder  or  theft.  Love  and  sexual  relationship 
between  man  and  woman  must  always  be  a  free- 
will act  on  the  part  of  all  concerned,  and  only 
when  such  relationships  are  entirely  liberated  from 
vexatious  and  needless  regulation  and  restraint, 
will  humanity  seek  and  ultimately  find  the  rightful 


5  6  Temperament  and  Sex 

path  even  though  there  may  be  numerous  errors  of 
commission  and  omission  by  the  way."  It  has  fre- 
quently been  asserted  and  also  lamented  that  love 
for  the  male  sex  is  fast  disappearing  from  the 
lives  of  cultured  American  women.  In  the  Arts, 
Sciences,  in  trade  and  in  law,  she  possesses  equal 
rights  to  the  male.  She  has  the  right  to  enter 
Congress,  the  Senate,  and  the  Legislature ;  she  can 
and  does  successfully  follow  occupations  that>for- 
merly  were  forbidden  her.  She  can  be  physician, 
lawyer,  merchant  and  preacher.  Instead  of  re- 
ceiving the  former  training  for  wifehood  and  sub- 
sequent motherhood,  instead  of  studying  domestic 
science  and  the  fine  art  of  making  and  preserving 
a  home,  she  maintains  her  absolute  right  to  choose 
and  work  out  her  own  career  in  the  way  she  de- 
sires, and  from  a  purely  material  viewpoint  she 
has  been  more  than  successful.  It  is  therefore, 
perhaps,  somewhat  natural  that,  with  her  close 
application  to  study,  preparation  for,  and  final 
acquisition  of  a  position  of  importance  and 
material  influence  in  the  professional  or  business 
world,  her  purely  feminine  attributes  and  graces 
with  their  manifold  charms  should  undergo  a  com- 
plete transmutation,  and  finally  her  power  to  love 
and  to  control  the  destiny  of  a  loved  one  be  com- 
pletely atrophied.  The  Great  War  has  called 
woman  into  every  trade  and  into  every  activity  of 
the  world  of  production,  and  the  ultimate  result 


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of  woman's  laying  aside  her  former  habits  and 
her  customary  place  in  the  homelife,  will  prove 
to  be  a  most  fascinating  study  in  the  years  to 
come.  Until  recent  years  love  and  marriage  have 
rightly  been  esteemed  as  the  aim  of  womanhood 
'in  all  the  civilized  countries,  indeed  the  woman's 
ability  to  conduct  her  home  aright  and  to  raise 
and  properly  train  her  children,  has  been  held  as 
the  secret  of  a  nation's  prowess,  and  the  one  thing 
necessary  to  keep  a  man  loyal  and  true  to  his  home, 
state  and  nation.  Very  many  writers,  among 
whom  was  the  lamented  Theodore  Roosevelt, 
have  stated  that  the  home  is  the  progenitor  of  the 
success  of  any  cause.  Woman  has  never  occupied 
so  high  a  position  as  she  does  to-day,  and  her 
work  and  views  have  had  a  most  elevating  effect 
in  every  department  of  civics  and  the  social  at- 
mosphere, and  also  a  sobering,  yet  very  inspiring 
effect,  upon  all  forms  of  moral  superiority;  but 
as  conditions  are  now-a-days,  there  is  a  strong  in- 
clination upon  the  part  of  women  leaders  of  va- 
rious activities  to  shun  and  avoid  the  expression 
and  natural  exercise  of  the  purely  sexual  element 
in  their  natures;  and  as  to  the  future,  I  can  see 
nothing  but  a  gradual  abasement  of  her  sex  power 
and  sex  attraction  which  will  ultimately  mean  a 
most  decided  decadence  in  social  conditions  every- 
where. Von  Stein  in  a  somewhat  lengthy  treatise 
anent  woman  usurping  man's  ideas  and  proclivities 


58  Temperament  and  Sex 

remarks  that,  "A  woman  who  spends  all  her  days 
in  an  office,  in  the  law  courts,  or  in  the  house  of 
assembly,  may  be  a  most  cultured  and  honorable 
person  and  an  individual  who  has  become  of  some 
practical  use  to  the  community,  but  she  is  no  longer 
a  proper  specimen  of  real  womanhood;  she  will 
soon  fail  to  receive  the  former  compliments,  en- 
dearments and  privileges;  and  wifehood,  and  the 
ensuing  maternity  in  her  case  would  be  a  farce  and 
a  disaster."  The  phenomenon  of  actual  love  with 
its  multitudinous  inter-mixture  and  variation  of  its 
expressions  brings  out  of  the  human  being  the 
highest  and  noblest  acts,  thoughts,  and  feelings,  of 
everything  that  can  possibly  yield  to  its  influence 
and  force.  The  gay,  the  grave,  the  beautiful,  and 
the  sordid,  are  all  considerably  affected,  aug- 
mented and  enhanced,  or  diminished  and  curtailed, 
by  love's  charm  or  love's  scorn. 

Casuistries  never  yet  did,  and  never  will,  suc- 
ceed in  controlling  it,  although  we  know  full  well 
that  love  should,  at  all  times,  for  its  own  subse- 
quent preservation,  exemplification,  and  gratifica- 
tion, be  subject  to  a  code  of  ethics,  not  to  bind  it 
or  forbid  its  influence,  but  rather  to  increase  its 
usefulness  and  to  add  to  its  value  to  the  human 
race,  and  also  to  prevent  it  marring  or  lowering 
the  tone  of  its  possessor  and  its  environment. 
Love  is  decidedly  life  itself;  it  is  the  very  soul  and 


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inspiring  prompter  in  every  department  and  ac- 
complishment in  art.  All  the  monuments  of  art, 
all  the  ideals  of  poetry,  all  the  dramas  of  the 
ages,  all  the  really  great  and  lasting  examples  of 
the  liberal  arts  have,  for  their  inception  and  in- 
spiration, the  divine  ecstasy  of  love.  Love  has 
inspired  otherwise  insipid  specimens  of  humanity 
to  glories  and  achievements  that  were  little  short 
of  wonderful,  and  were  absolutely  impossible 
without  the  stimulation  of  the  little  goddess.  To 
exclude  and  to  suppress  all  sexuality  from  the  love 
element  would  take  away  its  vitality  and  remove 
its  influential  and  distinctive  quality,  similar  to 
the  removal  of  devotion  from  a  true  friendship.  In 
these  after-the-war  days  when  we  are  reading  of 
the  wonderful  achievements  in  the  air,  under  the 
sea,  and  in  every  other  department  of  labor, 
science  and  invention;  with  such  important  exam- 
ples of  our  prowess  and  overcoming  of  seemingly 
impossible  natural  problems,  many  people  have 
been  led  to  think  that  the  end  of  things,  and  the 
millennium,  cannot  be  far  remote,  that  there  is 
really  little  or  nothing  left  for  humanity  to  accom- 
plish. On  the  contrary,  I  think  that  life  is  really 
just  beginning  and  that  it  is  utterly  foolish  and  con- 
temptible on  the  part  of  any  one  to  dare  to  prog- 
nosticate what  future  years  will  or  will  not  disclose. 
At  all  times  we  must  ever  keep  in  mind  that  from 
the  foundation  of  the  Christian  Era  at  least,  there 


6o  Temperament  and  Sex 

has  been  a  steady  and  continuous  sequence  of  start- 
ling and  epoch-making  accomplishments  and  regen- 
erative ideas  in  every  branch  of  the  human  race. 

The  state  of  so-called  "Free  Love"  has  many 
supporters,  and  Ellen  Key,  the  Swedish  writer,  has 
considerably  enlarged  on  the  possibility  of  satis- 
factory sexual  relationship  outside  the  sphere  of 
marriage,  and  later  writers  have  argued  for  an4 
besought  social  legislation  that  shall  permit  such 
relations.  Where  there  is  true  love  in  the  hearts 
of  both  parties  concerned  the  only  distinction  is 
that  there  is  official  control  by  the  authorities  in 
case  of  marriage,  whereas  in  "Free  Love"  the  par- 
ties are  under  no  obligation  to  any  other  person 
or  persons  but  themselves.  The  question  as  to 
the  advisability  of  permitting  two  persons  to  live 
together  (with  perfect  civic  rights)  bound  only  by 
bonds  of  true  affection  rather  than  to  be  forever 
pronounced  inseparable  by  the  ties  of  a  legal  mar- 
riage is  still  far  from  being  solved.  "Free  Love" 
has  been  highly  praised  and  many  admirable  vol- 
umes published  in  regard  to  it,  and  it  has  also  been 
most  emphatically  condemned  and  maledictions 
poured  out  on  every  phase  of  it.  But  whatever 
may  be  the  individual's  conclusions  on  this  impor- 
tant branch  of  the  sexual  life,  there  is  yet  very 
much  to  be  accomplished  and  much  information  to 


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be  obtained  on  both  sides  of  the  question  in  order 
to  be  able  to  in  any  case  decide  as  to  its  desirability. 
We  know  not  as  yet,  whether  it  is  beneficial  to  the 
human  race  or  otherwise.  The  Oneida  Commu- 
nity failed  and  there  were  no  lessons  learned  as 
to  its  final  effect  upon  the  membership.  It  is  quite 
certain,  however,  that  in  the  very  near  future  the 
obligations  of  the  marriage  tie  will  only  be  ob- 
served and  respected  so  long  as  the  parties  to  it 
are  on  truly  affectionate  terms  with  each  other 
and  find  in  the  marriage  relations  their  greatest 
joy  and  the  noblest  impetus  to  lives  of  usefulness 
and  perfection.  This  happy  and  profitable  mu- 
tual relationship  can  only  be  completely  and  ade- 
quately realized  when  each  partner  is  fully  cogni- 
zant of  the  other's  most  intimate  sexual  desires  and 
cravings,  and  when  each  one  has  a  practical  knowl- 
edge of  the  inestimable  benefit  to  each  other  (in 
the  largest  sense)  of  mutual  satisfactory  sexual 
relations,  and  all  that  such  connection  can  mean 
to  the  happiness  of  both  in  the  fullest  sense. 
Charles  Albert  in  his  "Free  Love"  writes  "we  do 
not,  at  the  present  time,  regard  the  province  of 
the  sexual  life  in  the  society  of  the  future  as  an 
Eden,  wherein  those  individuals  best  suited  one 
to  the  other  will  come  together  with  mathematical 
certainty,  to  lead  a  cloudless  existence." 

Just  as  in  our  present  time  there  will  surely  be 


62  Temperament  and  Sex 

unrequited  love,  uncertain  search  and  endeavor, 
errors  and  deceptions,  misunderstandings,  sor- 
rows, and  aberrations. 

But  when  mankind  is  fully  awake  to  the  proper 
understanding  and  regulation  of  love  and  all  its 
manifestations,  properly  appreciated,  then  a  large 
proportion  of  existing  causes  of  anguish  and  pain 
will  disappear  entirely.  It  is  not  sufficient  to  be 
skilled  in  the  art  of  creating  love ;  that  would  be 
of  little  benefit  to  the  individual  if  we  did  not 
also  possess  qualifications  for  preserving  that  love, 
nourishing  it  and  developing  it  to  the  highest  pos- 
sible point  of  attainment.  In  regard  to  the 
proper  nourishment  and  careful  unfolding  of  the 
sexual  impulse  in  the  marital  state,  it  is  a  fact, 
that  beyond  question,  many  married  couples  have 
had  their  means  of  happiness  shattered  and  their 
lives  in  common  absolutely  destroyed  by  lacking 
the  knowledge  of,  and  having  practically  adjusted, 
the  laws  attached  to  natural  sexual  hunger  and  the 
necessity  for  its  lawful  and  agreeable  satisfaction. 
The  lack  of  a  thorough  education  in  these  very 
important  matters  has  driven  from  both  men  and 
women,  all  their  former  love  and  respect  for  their 
partner,  and  in  a  great  many  cases  the  preceding 
exalted  love  and  passion  has  become  (through  sex- 
ual clumsiness,  awkward  and  at  times  repugnant 
advances)  a  feeling  of  absolute  hatred  and  dis- 
gust, and  to  the  woman,  what  should  have  proved 


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itself  to  be  the  acme  of  delight  and  gratifying 
charm,  has  turned  out  to  be  only  a  hideous  night- 
mare and  a  revolting  marital  duty.  Both  Robin- 
son and  Robie  have  dwelt  on  this  topic  to  a  con- 
siderable extent  and  have  recorded  example  after 
example  of  how,  when  proper  conditions  were  re- 
stored, the  parties  resumed  their  lives  with  added 
enjoyment,  happy  sensual  gratification,  and  com- 
plete contentment  one  with  the  other.  A  close 
friend  of  mine,  a  physician,  whose  practice  is  con- 
fined to  the  complaints  of  the  female  sex,  and  who 
has  had  much  success  in  alleviating  a  goodly 
amount  of  feminine  misery,  told  me  he  was  con- 
vinced, that  after  a  lengthy  study  and  exhaustive 
inquiry  into  the  cause  of  many  of  the  numerous 
petty  nervous  disorders  in  woman,  they  were  in 
most  cases  caused  and  promulgated  by  a  disregard 
to  the  natural  sexual  function  and  a  failure  to  ob- 
serve its  laws  and  injunctions.  Physically  their 
bodies  were  tortured  by  uneasiness  and  unquiet- 
ness,  the  cause  of  which  was  unknown  to  them; 
mentally,  they  were  disturbed  and  full  of  anxiety 
over  matters  of  which  they  could  give  no  accurate 
description.  Homes  were  thrown  into  confusion, 
family  affairs  were  constantly  being  jarred,  there 
was  occasional  discord  in  trivial  happenings,  and 
the  women  acknowledge  that  they  seemingly  have 
lost  the  art  of  keeping  their  husbands  by  their  own 
fireside.  All  this  has  usually  been  caused  by  ig- 


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noring  the  stimulating  and  cohesive  effect  of  their 
exhibiting  to  the  loved  one  the  desire  to  be  con- 
sidered a  real  helpmate,  companion,  and  co-opera- 
tor in  his  sexual  exigencies  and  requirements.    Dr. 
Howe  and  many  more  medical  writers  on  kindred 
subjects  tell  how  they  are   repeatedly  consulted 
"ad  nauseam"  by  women  and  men,  all  with  a  simi- 
lar style  of  symptom.     Many  of  the  patients  are 
very  deeply  concerned  over  the  lack  of  seeming 
affection  in  their  partner  in  late  years,  and  they 
look  to  the  future  years  with  dire  foreboding.    In 
most  cases  these  patients  were  of  the  well  edu- 
cated and  cultured  classes,  experienced  in  the  or- 
dinary rules  of  health  and  also  the  plain  matter 
of  commonplace  sex  hygiene;  but  after  most  plain 
and  direct  questioning,  they  universally  acknowl- 
edge that  when  they  first  entered  the  marriage 
state  they  were  unaware  of  even  the  rudiments  of 
the  laws  of  proper  sexual  relationship;  that  many 
doubts,  fears  and  also  many  ridiculous  perform- 
ances took  place,  many  of  them  extremely  dis- 
concerting and  also  painful,  ere  the  marriage  was 
properly     consummated.        They     never     even 
dreamed  that  there  could  possibly  be  any  harmful 
excess  in  the  love  act,  that  its  more  frequent  oc- 
currence would  mean  and  testify  to  a  greater  love 
for  each  other,  and  it  was  not  until  disordered 
nervous  systems  and  aching  bodies  were  in  evi- 
dence, that  they  sought  advice  in  such  matters 


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from  those  more  experienced.  In  that  most  event- 
ful hour  when  the  wife  loses  her  virginity  to  the 
man  she  has  vowed  to  love  and  honor,  she 
should  ever  remind  herself  that  the  loving  hus- 
band is  very  far  from  being  an  animal  brute  who 
is  forcibly  demanding  possession  over  her  fair 
body,  but  rather  that  he  is  the  chosen  man  of  all, 
to  whom  she  should  give  of  her  utmost,  and  not 
be  satisfied  until  her  husband  has  found  in  her  all 
that  his  soul  desires.  Many  a  fair  bride  has  re- 
turned from  the  honeymoon  in  a  most  pitiable 
condition,  from  which  many  of  them  never  re- 
cover, and  coupled  with  her  physical  and  mental 
disorders  and  distress,  she  in  time  looks  upon  in- 
timate relations  with  her  husband  with  deep  dis- 
gust and  ofttimes  rebellion.  A  great  number  of 
otherwise  indulgent  husbands  have  ruined  all 
chances  of  marital  happiness  by  their  total  disre- 
gard of  the  fundamental  laws  of  the  sexual  life. 
Once  more  I  venture  to  assert  that  with  proper 
sex  instruction,  obeyance  of  sexual  laws  and  a 
fuller  appreciation  of  the  art  of  true  love,  our 
separation  and  divorce  courts  would  be  out  of 
business  or  only  occasionally  have  clients  belong- 
ing to  the  distinctly  lower  social  element. 


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IT  is  to  be  hoped  that  there  are  very  few  people 
in  the  world  to-day  who  regard  Art  in  any 
way  as  a  useless  and  entirely  undesirable  factor  in 
the  progress  of  the  nations  and  of  humankind, 
and  of  their  material,  physical,  and  spiritual  wel- 
fare. 

The  stupendous  business  interests  and  achieve- 
ments of  this  age,  the  infatuation  for  vigorous  out- 
of-door  sports,  the  intense  political  and  social  ri- 
valries, and  the  threatened  upheaval  of  many  of 
the  monarchies,  surely  require  some  form  of  corn- 
mensuration,  or  some  exemplification  of  the  beauty 
or  graces,  or  something  absolutely  aesthetical  in 
order  that  the  tenor  of  our  material  lives  shall  be 
adequately  balanced  and  a  measure  of  equitable 
equipoise  be  enjoyed.  In  a  large  number  of 
people,  especially  in  the  young,  there  comes  at 
some  period  a  distinct  leaning  towards  certain 
arts,  and  the  usual  result  is  that  ere  long,  with  the 
continued  exercise  of  that  faculty  or  talent,  their 
innermost  sympathetic  interests  are  aroused  and 
with  this  incitement  they  finally  become  fully  con- 

66 


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scious  of  their  inclinations  and  tendencies  whether 
it  be  literature,  sculpture,  painting  or  music. 
Under  proper  and  rightful  conditions  these  con- 
scious instincts  and  proclivities  can  be  promulgat- 
ed, exhibited,  and  considerably  amplified  into  a 
natural  healthiness  of  tone  and  expression,  and 
can  with  the  proper  environment  and  encourage- 
ment, ascend  to  unlimited  and  boundless  degrees 
of  refinement,  execution,  and  accomplishment;  and 
be  productive  of  an  exceedingly  large  measure  of 
happiness,  advantage,  and  blessedness,  to  those 
around  us,  and  also  to  one's  self. 

The  various  arts  of  painting,  music,  sculpture 
and  literature  are  the  perfectly  legitimate  out- 
come of  this  desire  on  the  part  of  the  inspired  to 
convey  impressions,  stirring  and  forcible  excite- 
ments, pleasures  and  prescribements,  to  the  be- 
holders of  their  art;  and  to  present  in  attractive, 
alluring  and  pleasing  forms  the  ideas,  meditations, 
and  circumstantial  imaginations  and  emotions, 
which  have  stirred  to  activity  the  natures  and  at- 
tainments of  the  presenter.  It  is  the  profound 
intensity  on  the  part  of  the  artist,  and  the  ade- 
quate presentment  of  what  he  actually  desires  and 
feels,  that  calls  upon  him  for  their  release  to 
others,  that  they  also  may  share  in  the  artist's 
agreeable  emotions,  sensual  gratification,  and  lofti- 
ness of  purpose.  These  presentations  must  at  all 


68  Temperament  and  Sex 

times  and  under  all  circumstances  be  unmistakably 
intelligible  to  the  student  and  admirer,  and  there 
must  never  be  a  scintilla  of  doubt  as  to  their  rea- 
son for  creation,  portrayal,  and  public  manifesta- 
tion. 

No  form  of  any  art  can  exist,  be  admired,  and 
deemed  worthy  of  acceptance,  unless  it  serves  a 
definite  purpose,  and  has  a  determined  design  and 
origin,  and  also  a  distinct  message  to  convey. 
Vagueness  in  all  of  the  arts,  and  at  any  time,  is 
perilous  in  the  extreme,  as  the  impression,  sensa- 
tion, or  emotion  conveyed,  would  very  speedily 
pass  away  and  soon  be  forgotten.  In  most  of  the 
fine  Arts,  the  satisfaction,  enjoyment,  and  gratifi- 
cation of  the  beholder,  and  also  of  the  interpreter, 
must  be  of  a  permanent  character,  for  it  is  not  in 
the  phase  or  aspect  of  the  particular  form  of  the 
art  itself,  but  rather  in  the  degree  of  its  observ- 
ance and  also  of  its  necessary  satisfactory  inter- 
pretation, that  we  can  realize  to  the  full  its  possi- 
ble value  and  appraisement,  and  that  will  make  the 
work  permanent  in  its  attributes  and  authority. 
The  most  talked  of,  and  durable  examples  of  the 
art  of  painting  are  not  those  which  are  merely 
graphic  and  well  delineated  examples  of  various 
objects,  and  paraphrases  of  natural  designs  and 
purposes,  but  rather  those  into  which  some  elab- 
orately chosen  and  meritorious  combination  of 


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elevating  purpose  is  so  conceived  and  reproduced 
for  the  benefit  of  thinking  admirers  and  students, 
and  also  revealed  to  the  public  eye  or  ear;  and  the 
result  is  that  the  appreciation  of  the  beautiful  is 
considerably  enhanced  and  there  is  a  universal 
appreciation  of  the  portrayal  by  the  artist  of  his 
innermost  coherent  thoughts  and  emotions. 

Form,  design,  and  minute  attention  to  detail  are 
at  all  times  very  necessary  features  of  anything 
pertaining  to  the  artistic,  but  real  art  is  never 
merely  imitative.  It  must  be  something  more  than 
a  copy  or  counterfeit,  it  must  deliver  its  own  in- 
dividual message  and  invoke  its  own  particular  ap- 
peal in  the  mind  and  heart  of  its  observer  or  pos- 
sessor. We  may,  with  some  success,  make  a  mere 
copy  and  formal  reproduction  of  the  noblest  ex- 
amples of  nature's  declarations  and  manifesta- 
tions, but  to  be  considered  as  a  work  of  art  the 
producer  must  seek  to  make  of  it  an  ideal,  a  dis- 
tinct conception,  and  provide  for  the  extolment 
of  the  beautiful  and  the  exaltation  of  the  idyllic. 

A  strong  tendency  to  revert  to  old-fashioned 
and  primitive  ideas  and  conditions  of  Art  is  now 
frequently  met  with,  but  this  is  a  retrograde  move- 
ment and  to  be  really  genuine  we  must  be  con- 
cerned and  interested  in  the  future  rather  than 
in  the  past.  Whatever  we  think  worthy  of  being 
termed  Art  (in  all  its  branches)  will  always  have 


yo  Temperament  and  Sex 

the  same  basic  principles  and  fundamental  ele- 
ments; and  the  proper  fulfilment  and  attainment 
of  a  high  standard  is  entirely  dependent  on  explicit 
training  and  a  right  temperamental  attitude 
whether  the  work  is  by  pen,  brush,  chisel  or 
speech.  The  well  regulated  and  impressionistic 
temperament  is  the  greatest  asset  in  the  artistic 
life.  Sex  pervades  everything  and  without  it  there 
can  be  no  vitality  in  the  subject  to  be  interpreted 
and  delineated.  All  of  the  Arts  are  founded  on 
the  same  essential  principles  and  have  the  same 
source  of  origin.  All  of  them  have  as  a  basis  the 
feelings  and  desire  for  expression  of  their  creator. 
To  give  to  the  eye  ecstatic  visions  of  the  beautiful 
and  the  sublime,  the  fanciful,  the  sordid,  the  in- 
spiring and  also  the  grievous;  to  bestow  upon 
the  ear  strains  of  love  and  passion,  joys  and  sor- 
rows, to  give  to  both  eye  and  ear  the  loves  of  the 
ages  and  to  interpret  the  problems  of  life ;  to  sub- 
mit the  classic  in  all  its  forms,  all  these  delights 
and  forces  can  only  emanate  from  those  who  can 
feel  to  the  utmost  every  motive,  every  form  of 
passion  and  agitation  and  wish,  that  it  is  desired 
to  unfold  and  make  manifest;  and  who  can  express 
evidences  of  their  conceptions  and  translations, 
and  also  satisfactorily  reproduce  them  in  such  a 
way  that  they  will  give  additional  enjoyment  and 
gratification  to  others. 

Considering  the  enormous  number  of  art-stu- 
dents who  crowd  the  many  Art  academies  in  our 


The  Arts  and  Sex  71 

large  cities,  it  is  really  astonishing  how  few  of 
them  have  ever  made  a  distinct  mark  in  their  pro- 
fession. 

Substantial  successes  are  few  and  far  between, 
and  this  country  has  never  yet  produced  or  founded 
a  distinctive  "school"  in  any  department  of  the 
fine  arts.  The  lack  of  distinguished  exponents  and 
conspicuous  and  eminent  interpreters  must  be  laid 
at  the  doors  of  our  institutions,  for  their  clinging 
so  tenaciously  to  old  ideas  and  primitive  formu- 
las, which  have  never  yet  assisted  an  artist  to  fame 
or  fortune;  it  has  always  been  when  the  student 
has  become  imbued  with  distinctive  ideas  of  his 
own,  and  has  the  requisite  ability  to  formulate  and 
fulfil  his  desires,  that  we  obtain  artistic  expressions 
that  fulfil  their  object  and  satisfy  the  analyst. 

In  the  domain  of  music  we  are  brought  face  to 
face  in  a  vivid  manner,  with  the  intimate  relation 
between  the  power  of  sound  and  its  effect  upon 
the  motor  faculties  of  the  human  body.  Ellis 
describes  this  as  "motor-imagery."  One  of  the 
simpler  examples  of  this  motor  relationship  be- 
tween the  rhythms  of  music  and  the  human  body 
is  that  of  the  hearer  "beating  time"  or  moving 
arms,  head  or  some  part  of  the  body,  to  corre- 
spond to  the  rhythm  of  the  music.  It  is  just  pre- 
cisely what  must  always  occur  in  any  and  every 
form  of  Art;  there  must  always  be  a  mutual  re- 
sponse on  the  part  of  the  auditor  or  observer,  to 


72  Temperament  and  Sex 

the  exhibited  and  suggested  promptings  of  the 
producer.  We  must,  of  course,  acknowledge  that 
no  two  hearers  or  viewers  will  receive  the  same 
impression  of  a  work  or  performance,  on  account 
of  the  difference  in  individuality  and  intelligence, 
but  all  the  same  some  form  of  susceptible  emotion 
will  be  conveyed  and  be  absorbed  according  to  the 
amount  of  impressibility  and  sensibility  present  in 
the  beholder.  There  is  no  real  mystery  in  true 
Art  although  it  is  frequently  mystical;  its  achieve- 
ments are  absolutely  unlimited.  In  its  infinite 
changes  of  form  and  color,  and  in  its  unlimited 
variations  of  expression,  it  is  chameleon-like. 

If  an  artist  has  put  into  his  work  every  expres- 
sion of  the  senses  and  the  consummate  embodi- 
ment of  mind  and  soul,  his  work  will  live,  and  its 
radiation  and  illumination  will  be  felt  by  all  who 
witness,  hear,  or  view  the  expressions. 

The  artist  of  to-day  cannot  live  on  the  glories 
of  past  achievements,  he  must  produce  vital  living 
examples  of  the  present  state  of  things  and  pave 
the  way  for  additional  glory  and  accomplishment. 

The  Art  of  the  ancient  Greeks  and  that  of  the 
Renaissance  revolutionized  that  of  previous  eras, 
and  future  art  will  be  just  as  different  from  that 
of  to-day,  as  ours  is  from  by-gone  periods. 

At  the  present  day  there  is  little  or  no  teaching 
or  education  in  matters  of  temperament,  although 


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that  element  is  of  prime  importance  in  everything 
pertaining  to  the  senses.  I  acknowledge  it  is  a 
most  difficult  part  of  art  education,  but  the  proper 
development  of  the  innate  feelings  and  their  suit- 
able and  timely  portrayal,  has  brought  to  me  most 
of  my  undoubted  successes  in  my  own  profession, 
and  it  is  one  of  the  most  important  features  to  be 
considered  by  any  educator  who  is  occupied  in 
training  and  cultivating  the  artistic  in  both  sexes. 
A  rightly  ordered  and  properly  regulated  imagi- 
nation is  the  one  faculty  that  empowers  one  to  feel 
and  to  appreciate  the  beautiful  and  its  varying 
forms  of  expression  at  all  times,  and  under  any 
conditions. 

Imagination  directs  every  feature  of  the  ac- 
tivity of  the  senses  and  their  mental  control,  and 
is  the  foundation  of  all  the  poetic  and  artistic  in- 
stincts, and  of  supreme  importance  in  the  idyllic 
and  visionary  characteristics  of  the  sublime  in 
Art. 

Rules  can  never  be  formulated  for  the  adequate 
regulation  of  the  flights  of  the  imagination,  such 
an  active  agent  with  such  immense  energetic  pos- 
sibilities cannot  be  impelled  by  force  or  subjugated 
at  will.  It  is  the  powers  of  imagination  and  intui- 
tion which  creates  pulsating  living  things  from  the 
bare  facts  of  every-day  occurrences  and  the  sim- 
plest variations  of  rudimentary  happenings.  The 


74  Temperament  and  Sex 

artist  must  have  the  visionary  faculty  acutely  de- 
veloped and  he  must  live  his  creations,  and  appre- 
ciate to  the  full  his  revelations  in  his  own  being, 
if  he  desires  to  acquire  the  ability  to  influence 
others  and  have  his  innermost  thoughts  ultimately 
pursue  a  career  of  transmission  to  other  intellects 
and  understandings.  The  fragrance  of  a  beautiful 
flower  ends  with  its  decay,  but  a  true  work  of  Art, 
a  noble  song,  an  ecstatic  and  entrancing  orchestral 
symphony,  a  masterpiece  of  the  sculptor's  art; 
these  can  never  be  really  lost  to  the  universe,  and 
generation  after  generation  will  find  in  them  ever- 
lasting material  for  meditation  and  contemplation; 
their  glories  will  be  increased  and  reinforced,  and 
their  beauties  will  be  ever  new  and  filled  with  aug- 
mented refinement. 

The  Berlin  musical  critics  at  the  first  perform- 
ance of  Wagner's  Operas  likened  the  music  to  a 
cacophonous  assemblage  of  street  organs,  all  play- 
ing different  tunes  in  different  keys  at  the  same 
time,  but  ere  long,  wiser  musicians  discovered  the 
virtues  embodied  in  the  music,  and  thereafter  it 
was  a  distinct  sign  of  extreme  culture  when  one 
could  fully  appreciate  and  also  heartily  enjoy  the 
many  varieties  of  Richard  Wagner's  compositions. 

Turner's  water-color  presentations  were  termed 
undefinable  masses  of  blatant  color,  and  they  were 
received  with  marks  of  derision  and  disapproval 


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until  John  Ruskin  in  a  most  exhaustive  manner 
pointed  out  their  consummate  beauty  and  their 
perfect  harmony  of  color  and  outline,  and  almost 
immediately  the  name  of  Turner  was  inserted  on 
the  immortal  roll  of  Fame.  With  students  of 
any  and  every  form  of  Art,  it  is  essential  for  their 
ultimate  success  that  they  be  abundantly  equipped 
with  all  the  customs,  fashions  and  syllogisms  of 
every  process,  accessory,  and  necessity,  that  will 
enable  them  to  realize  to  the  full  the  distinct  mes- 
sage that  they  wish  to  convey  in  their  particular 
branch  of  Art.  Without  a  thorough  and  fully 
correct  appreciation  of  the  end  that  Art  essays 
to  serve  to  the  world,  we  cannot  adequately  realize 
just  what  mental  attributes  and  physical  qualifi- 
cations are  necessary  in  the  make-up  of  the  pur- 
veyor. The  various  Fine  Arts  are  God's  greatest 
gift  to  mankind  for  the  ultimate  purification,  beau- 
tifying, and  broadening  of  the  mind,  and  uplifting 
the  character  of  living  humanity.  Each  Art  in 
itself  has  its  own  method  and  attributes  of  even- 
tually proving  its  particular  graces  and  beauty. 
The  various  Arts  arouse  to  a  sublime  degree  our 
ardor,  and  our  devout  wish  for  that  which  is  the 
greatest  and  noblest;  they  considerably  enhance 
the  mental  vision  of  everything  they  portray  and 
come  in  contact  with,  and  they  have  a  tremendous 
and  glowing  effect  on  all  the  God-given  natural 
feelings  and  sensual  impulses.  The  Art  of  poetry, 


7 6  Temperament  and  Sex 

by  the  innate  force  of  its  intent  and  sensual  play 
and  meaning  in  its  words  and  phraseology,  takes 
us  far  away  from  the  ordinary  happenings  of  hum- 
drum every-day  existence,  and  shows  us  an  ideal 
world,  and  the  highest  types  of  natural  situations 
in  the  art  of  love  and  the  domain  of  passion. 
Sculpture  and  painting  speak  to  us  by  means  of 
their  form  and  beauty,  by  the  harmony  of  color 
and  outline,  and  their  absolute  power  over  and 
influence  on  all  the  senses  and  emotions,  and  a  far- 
reaching  effect  on  the  human  soul.  The  Art  of 
music,  which  is  without  doubt  the  most  subtle  and 
truly  the  most  evasive  of  all  arts,  pictures  to  us  in 
tone  and  dramatic  realization  every  feeling,  every 
thought,  and  every  expression  that  any  human 
being  is  capable  of  perceiving,  discerning,  or  un- 
derstanding. Who  can  read  Tennyson's  immortal 
"In  Memoriam"  without  receiving  deeper  im- 
pressions, and  feeling  more  acutely  the  intellec- 
tual perception  of  life  and  death,  and  their  inti- 
mate affinity.  Who  can  intelligently  view  a  Raph- 
ael, a  Landseer,  or  a  Conova,  without  acknowl- 
edging an  additional  throb  and  receiving  an  added 
impetus  in  life.  What  professional  musician  has 
not  witnessed  the  thrilling  and  deeply  emotional 
effect  produced  by  a  Beethoven  symphony,  Han- 
del's "Messiah,"  or  a  Schubert  art  ballad? 

Ordinary    commercial    pursuits,    while    vitally 
necessary  to  the  advancement  of  an  industry,  and 


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to  the  progress  of  humanity  in  general,  cannot  be 
compared  for  a  moment  with  the  everlasting  bene- 
fits derived  from  every  form  of  Art.  Drama, 
music  and  poetry  refresh  their  admirers.  They 
cheer  the  body  after  labor  and  toil,  they  soothe  our 
sorrows,  dry  our  tears,  inspire  us  to  braver  deeds 
and  nobler  achievements,  and  draw  us  in  an  inti- 
mate manner  closer  to  the  Infinite.  Impetuous 
living  forces  can  be  urged  out  of  every  variety  of 
Art.  As  in  everything  else,  there  is  a  large  amount 
of  the  purely  mechanical  to  be  observed  before 
genuine  works  of  Art  can  be  produced,  but  the 
ultimate  aim  of  all  Art  is  to  make  whatever  it 
touches  or  embraces  in  this  life  more  beautiful, 
more  ennobling,  and  more  impressive.  The  store- 
keeper is  paid  the  full  market  value  for  his  wares, 
but  the  worth  of  a  work  of  art  can  never  be  fully 
or  properly  assessed,  and  its  beneficial  effect  is 
unfathomable. 

While  the  student  of  Art  is  affected  considerably 
by  his  environment,  the  production  of  the  work  of 
art,  its  conception  and  realization,  are  in  no  way 
under  the  spell  of  its  external  surroundings. 
There  are  more  real  artists  grinding  out  their 
productions  in  garrets  than  in  elaborately  ap- 
pointed studios.  There  are  many  times  more  ar- 
tists taking  secondary  parts  in  our  symphony  or- 
chestras than  we  find  among  the  virtuosi  of  the 
concert  platform.  There  are  more  gifted  singers 


7 8  Temperament  and  Sex 

whom  the  world  never  hears,  than  there  are  on  the 
operatic  stage,  oratorio  platform,  or  in  the  recital 
hall.  It  is  not  possible  to  acquiesce  with  the  man 
in  the  street  that  every  player,  speaker,  or  singer, 
whose  names  appear  in  very  large  letters  on  im- 
mense advertising  posters  are  therefore  to  be  reck- 
oned with  as  great  artists.  In  connection  with 
the  acquisition  of  and  mastery  of  arts'  technical 
requirements,  the  more  thoroughly  the  tempera- 
ment and  senses  are  developed  and  controlled,  the 
more  readily  will  the  artist  be  able  to  fulfil  his  un- 
dertaking. The  satisfactory  emulation  of  the  emo- 
tions, their  deepening,  and  their  acknowledgment, 
must  be  carefully  explained  and  supervised  by  the 
instructor. 

The  low-class,  mawkish  and  "pot-boiling"  senti- 
ment of  ttimes  displayed  and  labelled  Art,  depresses 
the  onlooker  rather  than  gladdens  and  inspires ;  in- 
stead of  ennobling  and  dignifying,  it  degrades. 
There  is  not  a  single  worthy  aspiration  or  attain- 
ment that  the  lower  examples  and  forms  of  Art 
can  invoke  in  the  mind  or  soul.  Perfection  is  never 
achieved,  although  it  is  the  ultimate  goal  that  all 
artistes  aspire  to.  Emerson  describes  high  Art 
as  the  evident  sincere  endeavor  to  reach  the  un- 
attainable! In  my  previous  remarks  anent  the 
tradesman  I  did  not  mean  to  cast  a  slur  on  trade, 
but  only  to  point  out  the  very  material  difference 
of  the  effect  on  a  community. 


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Trade  supplies  the  ordinarily  needful  requisites 
to  our  well  being,  but  Art  goads  us  to  higher 
things,  calms  and  soothes,  stimulates  and  electri- 
fies. A  woman  can  clean  a  window,  sweep  a  room, 
or  cook  a  meal,  with  greater  earnestness  and  more 
agreeable  effect  than  many  singers  can  sing  their 
choicest  songs;  and  a  bricklayer  may  lay  his  bricks 
and  a  blacksmith  shoe  his  horses  with  the  feeling 
of  an  artist.  If  the  artiste  fails  to  recognize  to  the 
full  the  nobleness  of  his  calling,  he  will  find  the 
cause  of  it  in  his  own  feelings  and  his  lack  of  per- 
ceiving the  call  of  the  senses.  The  florist  well 
knows  how  true  it  is  that  to  induce  the  proper 
growth  of  beautiful  plants  and  flowers  and  the 
rearing  of  choice  and  abundant  blossoms,  great 
attention  and  constant  care  must  be  given  to  many 
other  things  beside  the  plant  itself. 

The  condition  of  the  soil,  and  satisfactory  en- 
vironment, will  have  to  be  fully  recognized  and 
constant  regard  given  to  them,  also  a  suitable 
supply  of  necessary  fertilization  and  application  of 
properly  regulated  moisture.  So  it  is  in  a  fuller 
measure  in  the  life  of  the  artist.  The  exclusive 
cultivation  and  attraction  of  the  particular  sub- 
ject alone  will  be  far  from  sufficient  to  procure 
worthy  results ;  very  much  more  is  required  to  be 
fully  equipped  for  artistic  pursuits,  and  I  have  en- 
deavored to  illustrate  these  points  at  some  length 
in  the  chapter  entitled  "Studies." 


8o  Temperament  and  Sex 

Investigations  and  searching  enquiries  must  be 
made  into  every  branch  of  human  knowledge,  tem- 
peramental, mental,  and  physical.  Only  when  we 
are  possessed  ourselves  with  a  knowledge  of  every 
feeling  we  desire  to  infuse,  every  passion  we  en- 
deavor to  enflame,  and  every  ardor  we  try  to  give 
added  fire,  can  a  distinct  groove  be  avoided,  and 
"fads"  or  "leanings"  escaped. 

As  teachers  of  every  or  any  form  of  Art  we 
must  at  all  times  remember  that  when  pupils  of 
either  sex  are  committed  to  our  charge  for  in- 
struction and  guidance,  it  is  our  prime  duty  to 
see  that  the  mind,  soul,  and  senses,  are  not  in  any 
way  dwarfed  with  a  series  of  unending  techni- 
calities and  mechanical  rules,  but  that  we  faith- 
fully seek  a  well  proportioned  development  along 
emotional  lines  and  all  forms  of  mental  agitation. 
Undoubtedly  the  lack  of  soul  or  sensual  expres- 
sion found  in  very  many  forms  of  so-called  Art 
is  the  natural  and  unavoidable  result  of  exceed- 
ingly imperfect  or  erroneous  methods  of  educa- 
tion and  superficial  training.  The  exact  science 
of  any  Art  can  be  most  satisfactorily  taught  and 
acquired  by  correspondence  alone;  may  be  taught 
in  a  desultory  fashion  by  a  teacher  without  the 
slightest  individuality  or  distinctive  character;  but 
when  we  come  to  the  "Art"  of  Art,  the  expressive 
and  individualistic  emotions  can  only  be  propa- 


The  Arts  and  Sex  81 

gated,  stimulated,  and  unearthed,  by  personal  com- 
munion with  a  gifted  and  conscientious  instructor, 
and  a  proper  receptive  attitude  on  the  part  of 
the  pupil  until  "heart  with  heart  in  concord  beats." 

In  one  of  Mainzer's  charming  diatribes  he  ex- 
claims that  "The  artistic  advancement  of  any  na- 
tion depends  entirely  upon  their  mental,  moral 
and  sensual  development.  The  advance  that  a 
people  may  have  made  in  any  branch  of  civiliza- 
tion may  very  easily  be  determined  by  an  examina- 
tion of  the  methods  and  means  they  have  used  to 
properly  and  thoroughly  awaken  to  the  full  their 
natural  feelings  and  their  method  of  a  thorough 
gratification.  True  Art  is  the  earthly  symbol  of 
the  creative  power,  it  is  truly  the  divinity  in  man ; 
its  object  is  the  perfectability  of  mankind,  and  the 
fullest  embellishment  of  all  the  varying  moods  of 
human  existence."  Man  is  undoubtedly  and  pre- 
eminently a  social  being;  he  desires  at  all  times 
communication  with  others,  he  seeks  sympathy  and 
approbation;  and  the  more  he  is  assiduously  in- 
structed in  the  progress  of  the  fine  Arts  of  civil- 
ized life,  the  more  diligent  is  he  in  the  pursuit  of 
elegance  of  manners,  true  and  lasting  kindness  to 
others,  and  the  proper  courtesy  in  every  phase  of 
his  life.  All  knowledge  is  extremely  valuable  to 
any  and  every  human  being,  and  there  is  nothing 
on  this  earth  that  it  is  not  advisable  to  know  if  we 


82  Temperament  and  Sex 

desire  lasting  and  beneficial  results  of  our  labors. 
Sound  healthy  and  progressive  instructors  will  at 
all  times  endeavor  to  cultivate  to  the  uttermost  de- 
gree all  the  mental  faculties;  emotional,  sexual, 
and  physical.  Well  cultivated  mental,  moral,  and 
psychical  powers  will  always  add  tremendously 
to  the  value  of  truly  elevating  and  lasting  artistic 
achievements. 

Ferrero,  Mobius  and  many  others  have  claimed 
that  "artistic"  inclinations  and  aptitudes  for  its 
exemplification  must  be  reckoned  with  as  secon* 
dary  sexual  characteristics,  and  the  art  of  the 
nude  is  one  of  the  stumbling  blocks  that  has  never 
satisfactorily  been  fully  accounted  for.  Celine 
Renooz  discusses  the  nude  at  a  very  great  length  in 
her  extremely  laudable  endeavor  to  instruct  young 
people  in  matters  of  true  modesty.  She  says  "In 
the  actual  life  of  every  young  woman  to-day  there 
is  a  most  supreme  moment,  when,  by  a  secret 
atavism,  she  feels  to  the  utmost  the  pride  of  her 
sex,  the  full  intuition  of  her  moral  superiority  over 
the  male  of  the  species,  and  she,  for  the  time  being 
cannot  understand  at  all  why  she  must  hide  its 
cause.  At  this  moment,  wavering  between  the 
laws  of  Nature  and  the  merely  social  conventions, 
she  cannot  for  the  time  being,  scarcely  decide  for 
herself  whether  nakedness  should,  or  should  not, 
affright  her."  Where  the  exposition  of  the  nude 
is  simply  an  exhibition  or  evidence  of  extreme 


The  Arts  and  Sex  83 

beauty  or  graceful  outline,  without  any  other  pos- 
sible motive  for  its  exhibition  and  portrayal,  it  is 
bound  to  cause  in  the  mind  of  the  mature  observer 
very  strong  influences  for  a  much  higher  apprecia- 
tion of  what  is  a  delightful  symbol  of  sincere  vir- 
tue and  natural  endowment.  There  is  no  man  or 
woman  alive  in  this  world  to-day,  who  at  all  times 
and  throughout  their  entire  lives  is  totally  unaware 
of  the  passionate  elements  in  their  nature.  We 
can  learn  to  successfully  control  our  passions,  and 
we  undoubtedly  should  do  so,  and  we  can  be  ade- 
quately trained  in  using  them  aright  at  all  times 
and  under  all  conditions,  and  also  cultivating  their 
proper  exposure.  Holler  has  a  wonderful  para- 
graph which  no  thinking  man  or  woman  can  re- 
fuse to  accept.  "He  who  has  once  learnt  to  en- 
joy the  absolute  purity  of  the  nude  in  Art,  will  be 
able  to  look  upon  all  forms  of  nakedness  in  na- 
ture as  on  a  work  of  infinite  beauty  and  the  very 
highest  form  of  Art  imaginable."  The  old  trite 
saying  that  to  the  pure,  everything  is  pure,  would 
seem  to  have  been  specially  conceived  for  its  pos- 
sible availment  in  the  domain  of  Art.  To  the 
person  possessing  the  highest  of  ideals,  every  par- 
ticular form  of  Art  (the  nude  in  particular)  is  the 
embodiment  of  all  that  is  illustrious  and  truly  ele- 
vating whilst  to  the  person  of  low  taste,  and  pos- 
sessed of  perverted  and  distorted  ideas,  the  nude 
may  represent  merely  a  pornographic  form  of  ex- 


84  Temperament  and  Sex 

hibitionism.  The  fault  is  not  with  the  art  itself 
but  with  the  attitude  of  the  individual  who  wit- 
nesses it;  and  exhibitionism  is  at  all  times  a  per- 
version, not  an  Art.  Another  very  important  fac- 
tor in  connection  with  the  rightful  and  proper  ap- 
preciation of  the  nude  in  Art  is  that  the  ordinary 
every-day  person  and  transient  viewer  of  Art  ex- 
pects to  receive  at  one  glance  the  fullest  impres- 
sion of  the  intimate  beauty  or  usefulness  of  the 
work  exhibited.  With  classic  prose,  or  every  form 
of  real  poetry,  it  takes  very  many  readings  and 
much  diligent  study  and  also  some  little  thought, 
to  derive  benefit  and  pleasure  from  them,  and  to 
fully  appreciate  and  enjoy  their  meaning  and 
characteristic  graphic  allusions;  so  it  would  seem 
to  be  utterly  ridiculous  to  expect  that  all  the  in- 
nate beauty  and  glory  of  the  human  form  Divine 
can  be  fully  realized  and  appreciated  after  a  mere 
glance. 

There  can  never  really  be  anything  that  is  really 
ugly  in  any  form  of  nature.  The  Hottentot  or  the 
South  Sea  Islander  has  his  own  characteristic  vir- 
tues and  undoubted  points  of  charm  and  outline. 
A  vast  amount  of  sexual  immodesty  and  sexual 
license  is  found  upon  the  stage  at  the  present  time. 
Play  after  play  built  upon  sex-problems  and  varia- 
tions of  sex-phenomena  have  been  produced  and 
introduced  in  recent  years;  they  have  appealed  to 
crowded  houses  and  achieved  extravagant  pros- 


The  Arts  and  Sex  85 

perity,  not  on  account  of  any  possible  educational 
value  or  the  solution  of  difficult  problems;  their 
success  has  been  achieved  entirely  by  their  flagrant 
innuendoes  and  the  "double  entente."  Outside 
the  meritorious  and  fully  appreciated  productions 
of  Grand  Opera  there  is  not  much  seen  or  heard 
on  our  stage  to-day  that  can  come  under  the  defini- 
tion of  true  art. 

The  highest  form  of  dramatic  art  ever  exhibited 
in  this  country  was  in  the  performances  of  English 
strolling  players  a  few  years  ago.  They  toured 
this  country,  and  gave  outdoor  performances  of 
Shakespeare  on  the  lawns  of  well-known  Country 
Clubs  and  also  on  the  campus  of  many  of  our 
Universities. 

Dancing  also  is  a  most  prolific  cause  of  unnat- 
ural and  undue  sexual  excitement.  Apart  from  the 
frequently  debasing  surroundings  of  the  modern 
public  dance  hall,  the  very  act  of  the  satisfactory 
performance  of  the  evolutions  of  the  present  fash- 
ions in  the  dance  world  is  little  more  than  an 
arrangement  of  steps  and  bodily  deportment  that 
at  all  times  is  highly  conducive  to  the  mutual  sen- 
sual excitement  of  the  dancers. 

The  real  Art  of  the  dance  is  a  relic  of  by-gone 
days,  and  while  many  examples  of  the  modern 
dance  are  undoubtedly  clever,  they  are  in  a  most 
flagrant  manner  mere  sexual  inciters,  and  they 


86  Temperament  and  Sex 

utterly  fail  to  measure  up  to  the  requirements  of 
any  particular  form  of  the  former  artistic  char- 
acter of  the  dance. 

The  evident  vulgarity  of  most  of  the  modern 
dance  forms  makes  a  strong  appeal  to  the  sexual 
natures  of  both  sexes,  and  evokes  a  strong  demand 
on  the  senses,  yet  it  nullifies  in  the  beholder  a 
true  appreciation  and  a  full  discrimination  of  the 
inherent  beauty  of  natural  pleasing  and  satisfac- 
tory bodily  movements,  such  as  is  delineated  in  the 
Folk  and  Morris  dances  which  form  a  large  part 
of  the  social  life  in  English  villages  and  small 
towns,  and  also  in  many  of  the  schools  of  the  lower 
grades.  Hundreds  of  thousands  of  the  musical 
arrangements  of  historic  Folk  Songs  have  been 
sold  and  their  rustic  cheerfulness  has  been  at  all 
times  a  source  of  much  comfort;  but  after  all  it  is 
the  Dance,  not  the  music,  that  has  accomplished 
so  much  along  artistic  lines;  and  the  observance  of 
(and  co-operation  in)  these  dances  has  proved  to 
be  a  fine  system  of  educating  the  young  in  laudable 
sensual  enjoyment.  All  forms  of  artificial  and 
mere  animal  excitement  will  eventually  lead  to  ex- 
cess, and  all  that  is  directly  inspiring  and  really 
beautiful  in  the  divine  atmosphere  of  true  Art  suf- 
fers to  a  great  extent  in  consequence.  The  sense 
of  true  discernment  and  rightful  discrimination  is 
lost  entirely,  and  the  beholder  only  witnesses  sheer 
vulgar  sensuality  in  everything.  The  aim  of  Art 


The  Arts  and  Sex  87 

at  all  times,  and  in  any  shape  whatever,  is  to  make 
more  beautiful  the  every-day  occurrences  and  hap- 
penings in  our  lives,  and  to  continue  to  unfold  and 
uphold  the  beautiful  in  nature  in  such  a  decisive 
manner  that  loftier  ideals  and  nobler  efforts  will  be 
the  result.  Charles  Wagner  in  his  book  devoted 
to  an  exposition  of  the  proper  education  of  youth 
in  regard  to  its  pleasures,  regrets  that  the  old  style 
of  free  and  natural  forms  of  dancing  is  now  re- 
garded as  entirely  out  of  date  and  is  no  longer  a 
fit  accompaniment  to  our  present  needs;  but  he  in- 
sists that  the  only  true  joys  which  can  enter  into  the 
life  of  our  youth  must  be  pure  and  wholesome  and 
composed  of  entirely  natural  forms  and  means  of 
expression.  Stanley  Hall  in  one  of  his  remarkable 
sexual  text  books  refers  to  the  occasions,  fre- 
quently occurring,  when  "Virtuous  young  men  and 
even  young  women,  glory  in  occasions  when  they 
can  display  the  natural  beauty  of  their  forms  with- 
out reserve,  not  only  to  themselves  and  their  loved 
ones,  but  even  to  others  when  the  psychological 
moment  is  at  hand."  What  must  Stanley  Hall 
think  of  a  woman  of  my  acquaintance  who  would 
not  think  of  entering  her  bath  tub  (in  solitude) 
without  a  pair  of  swimmers!  The  Song  of  Solo- 
mon, which  the  ages  have  declared  to  be  the  most 
perfect  specimen  of  ideal  prose  ever  conceived, 
would  probably  be  excluded  from  the  mails  if  it 
had  been  written  and  published  in  this  generation, 


88 

and  it  would  have  received  a  very  warm  reception 
at  the  hands  of  our  Comstocksl 

Because  the  Greeks  and  the  Romans  of  long  ago 
finally  debauched  the  expression  of  the  nude  in 
Art,  it  does  not  justify  us  in  the  2Oth  Century 
classing  all  evidences  of  the  nude  as  distinctly  im- 
moral. On  visiting  the  Paris  Salon,  where  the  nude 
is  by  far  the  greater  portion  of  the  exhibition,  one 
would  have  to  have  a  distorted  imagination  and  a 
total  lack  of  artistic  discernment,  to  proclaim  any 
one  example  as  being  simply  erotic.  It  is  the  art- 
ist's choice  as  to  what  phase  of  human  life  and  its 
emotions  and  passions  he  shall  portray  (moral  or 
immoral)  but  the  lessons  and  benefits  derived  from 
the  work  are  without  question.  Our  daily  news- 
papers do  not  veil  the  happenings,  crimes,  and  dis- 
turbances of  the  world ;  they  give  us  cold  facts  and 
describe  events  just  as  they  occur,  so  that  we  can 
grasp  properly  the  information  given.  In  all 
branches  of  Science  societies  are  formed  for  the 
avowed  purpose  of  making  all  the  discoveries  pos- 
sible and  getting  down  to  things  as  they  actually 
are.  So  it  seems  ridiculous  to  drape  any  portion 
of  nature's  handiwork,  if  we  are  to  know  her  at 
her  best,  and  learn  of  her  ways.  I  remember  read- 
ing many  years  ago  a  book  entitled  "Christian 
Devotion,"  in  which  the  author  concludes  with  an 


The  Arts  and  Sex  89 

unique  prayer,  which  as  far  as  I  can  remember 
was  as  follows: — 

O  God,  who  in  science  and  speech  and 
art,  has  given  us  the  means  of  drawing  near 
to  the  really  true,  and  of  expressing  the  beau- 
tiful; give  to  the  workers  in  science,  litera- 
ture, and  art,  a  true  sensibility  of  the  intimate 
relationship  between  the  True,  the  Beautiful, 
and  the  Good.  Make  them  fully  sensible 
whereby  the  True  and  the  Beautiful  are  noth- 
ing else  but  the  avenues  of  approach  to  what 
is  really  Good. 

Hugh  Northcote,  in  his  "Christianity  and  Sex," 
writes  in  a  masterly  vein  when  he  states  "The  true 
view  is  that  God  is  surely  in  our  sex  lives." 

Purity  realizes  itself,  not  by  holding  distinctly 
aloof  from  what  is  directly  the  opposite,  but  by 
coming  in  contact  with  the  impurities  and  trans- 
forming them.  The  absolute  concealment  at  all 
times  of  every  form  of  nakedness  promotes  mor- 
bid curiosity  and  also  serves  to  destroy  true 
aestheticism.  The  ever-varying  colors,  outlines 
and  symmetrical  variations  found  in  properly  de- 
veloped human  beings  are  at  all  times  exquisite, 
and  their  study  and  observance  tends  to  increase 
very  perceptibly  our  appreciation  of  the  real  glo- 


go  Temperament  and  Sex 

ries  to  be  found  in  natural  things.  The  coarse  love, 
the  immoral  love,  sees  nothing  in  the  figure  of  a 
woman,  and  no  possible  form  of  beauty  other  than 
what  may  be  considered  a  source  of  sensual  grati- 
fication; but  the  mind  of  a  sincerely  normal  man 
can  absorb  her  graceful  outline  and  fully  realize 
her  lines  of  beauty  and  be  distinctly  pleased  at  her 
physical  charm  and  yet  never  for  a  moment  allow 
the  wish  of  possession  to  enter  his  mind.  A  true 
ecstatic  love  will  always  control  and  properly  di- 
rect the  physical  desire. 

Zorri's  well-known  nude  etchings  are  master- 
pieces of  the  highest  type  of  highest  art  imagi- 
nable. With  exceedingly  simple  lines  he  astonishes 
the  world  by  his  suggestion  of  softness,  firmness, 
delicacy  and  passion.  After  all,  the  difficulty  most 
prevalent  in  teaching  and  training  artists  is  to  dis- 
cover some  distinct  method  by  which  the  true  na- 
ture of  every  emotion  can  be  detailed  and  studied. 
We  can  sway  our  emotions  to  any  pitch  of  excite- 
ment by  steadily  urging  the  thought  we  wish  to  be 
present  with  us,  and  this  spiritual  realization,  when 
acquired,  will  achieve  results  that  will  produce  last- 
ing monuments  of  our  progress  in  our  particular 
form  of  study. 

The  true  artist  knows  full  well  that  his  chief 
source  of  inspiration  lies  deeper  than  the  surface ; 
he  knows  that  he  must  appeal  in  an  intimate  way 


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to  the  forces  of  nature  for  the  realization  of  his 
desires,  and  the  solution  of  his  sensual  problems. 
If  a  teacher  has  carefully  educated  his  pupils  to 
rely  entirely  on  the  promptings  of  nature,  to  trust 
the  natural  instinct,  to  view  art  in  a  thoroughly 
spiritual  manner  and  to  acknowledge  that,  after 
all,  it  is  nature's  forces  that  are  accomplishing  it, 
the  result  cannot  fail  to  be  appealing  and  to  pro- 
duce some  emotional  effect. 

Art  is  life  itself,  it  must  spring  from  within,  and 
it  must  be  the  true  expression  of  well  regulated 
emotions  felt  by  the  artist  himself  and  ripened  by 
the  systematic  study  of  proper  avenues  of  dis- 
closure. Only  when  the  senses  and  the  tempera- 
ment have  ripened,  developed  and  blossomed  into 
maturity,  and  the  sensual  system  is  educated  and 
brought  into  absolute  subjection,  can  we  expect  to 
give  to  the  world  any  kind  of  an  artist  who  shall 
be  convincing  and  whose  works  shall  be  worthy  of 
emulation,  and  whose  message  shall  be  con- 
clusive. 


VI 

STUDIES 

DISTINCT  individualism  is  a  vital  necessity 
in  practical  sociology.  One  may  read  all 
the  books  and  hear  innumerable  lectures  and  ad- 
dresses on  social  science,  and  yet  not  have  ab- 
sorbed its  principles,  or  become  in  any  way  fitted 
to  work  out  for  themselves  the  various  sociolog- 
ical problems  that  one  meets  daily.  Worthy  folk, 
who  endeavor  to  be  useful  in  problems  of  tempera- 
ment must  have  very  well  understood  and  prop- 
erly tested  principles  to  work  upon ;  and  the  stand- 
ards aimed  for,  besides  being  high,  must  be  work- 
able in  every  little  detail,  regardless  of  possible 
complications. 

In  the  many  psycho-analytical  cases  that  I  have 
been  associated  with,  in  the  "studies"  here  sub- 
mitted, and  in  my  efforts  to  instil  and  develop  the 
thoroughly  natural  and  God-given  feelings  found 
in  my  clients  and  associates,  I  have  always  held 
aloft  the  torch  of  truth  as  it  is  displayed  in  well 
ordered  human  impulses,  regardless  of  so-called 
conventions  or  pre-conceived  notions  of  what  the 
patient  or  pupil  thought  to  be  the  seemingly  proper 

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course  of  action.  I  have  watched  the  development 
of  the  person,  I  have  noted  that  ordinary  material 
things  have  become  things  of  warmth  and  beauty. 
I  have  witnessed  a  gradual  increase  and  success  in 
artistic  achievements  which  has  raised  them  from 
a  condition  of  mediocrity  to  a  position  of  worth 
and  far-reaching  influence.  There  are  many  seem- 
ingly insuperable  difficulties  to  be  met  with  on  the 
part  of  teacher  and  pupil,  awkward  points  to  ex- 
plain, and  perplexing  subjects  to  be  mastered;  but 
the  experience  one  gains  in  the  domain  of  human 
temperament  serves  as  a  guide  and  helper  in  the 
more  complex  situations  when  we  are  confronted 
with  them. 

The  subjects  of  all  of  the  studies  in  this  chapter 
are  (or  were)  perfectly  sane  people,  very  well  edu- 
cated, and  well  versed  in  the  affairs  of  the  world. 
They  all  desired  certain  ends,  and  it  was  to  assist 
them  in  achieving  the  desired  goal  that  I  labored 
with  them  and  endeavored  to  show  them  the  lack 
of  direct  personality  in  their  chosen  field  of  opera- 
tion, and  to  prove  to  them  that  their  auditors 
would  never  be  uplifted,  entertained,  or  deeply 
moved,  unless  the  performer  could  fully  realize  in 
his  or  her  own  feelings  the  particular  form  of  ex- 
pression, meaning,  and  import  of  their  presenta- 
tions. 

While  Rhythm  is  everything  to  a  piece  of  music, 
it  is  generally  studied  in  quite  a  perfunctory  man- 


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ner,  most  artists  striving  for  correctness,  and 
sometimes  endeavoring  to  obtain  results  by  pe- 
culiarity of  rhythmic  interpretations. 

But  it  is  possible  to  put  into  rhythmical  effect 
the  strongest  human  impulses  and  to  sway  large 
bodies  of  people  in  an  almost  super-human  way. 
As  Havelock  Ellis  points  out  "Rhythm  is  not  only 
a  necessity  in  music,  it  is  the  soul  of  everything  in 
art.  In  the  human  body  also,  with  its  respiration, 
circulation,  heart  action,  etc.,  there  is  a  distinct 
rhythmic  grouping,  and  when  this  rhythm  is  lost 
there  is  at  once  evidence  of  distress.  Rhythm  is 
of  great  importance  to  soldiers  on  the  march  and 
also  to  manual  laborers  with  their  'one-two-three, 
Pull!' '  Ellis  has  recorded  authentic  accounts  of 
many  discoveries  in  regard  to  the  effect  of  music 
on  the  heart  and  respiration,  and  also  its  multiple 
effect  on  the  sensual  nervous  system  of  mankind. 
If  this  is  the  case  (and  Ellis  proves  it)  then  surely 
the  person  who  performs  music  or  sings  before  the 
public  at  large  ought  to  be  schooled  thoroughly  in 
the  resultant  effect  of  their  own  presentations  and 
find  out  what  is  lacking,  and  also  what  is  necessary, 
in  order  to  get  out  of  the  music  the  highest  and 
best  results.  It  has  always  been  acknowledged 
that  not  only  the  voice  in  song,  but  the  voice  in 
speech,  can  be  made  to  give  a  distinct  appeal  to  the 
sexual  nature.  Moll  says  that  "the  sense  of  hear- 
ing plays  a  considerable  part  in  normal  sex  mani- 


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festations  and  that  the  stimulation  to  the  senses 
received  thru  hearing  is  much  larger  than  is  usually 
believed  by  scientists." 

At  this  point  it  is  well  to  point  out  that  this 
stimulation  is  felt  by  women  to  a  much  larger  de- 
gree than  in  men.  Dr.  W.  F.  Hutchinson,  an 
American  physician,  has  proved  that  absolute  an- 
esthesia can  be  produced  in  a  human  being  by  the 
use  of  accurately  adjusted  tuning-forks  at  certain 
definite  degrees  of  vibration.  The  value  of  music 
to  invalids  and  in  asylums  is  now  an  accomplished 
fact. 

It  is  for  reasons  such  as  these  that  I  have  always 
proclaimed  that  the  public  soloists  are  in  a  particu- 
larly lofty  position  as  regards  their  possibility  for 
the  advancement  and  encouragement  of  the  deeper 
impulses  in  humankind,  and  therefore  special  edu- 
cation along  temperamental  and  psychological 
lines  should  be  part  of  the  curriculum  of  artists 
who  desire  to  obtain  positions  of  influence  in  their 
particular  field  of  art.  Tolstoi,  in  the  "Kreutzer 
Sonata,"  speaks  of  "the  connecting  link  between 
music  and  the  soul,"  and  George  Eliot,  in  the 
"Mill  on  the  Floss"  mentions  the  thrilling  effect  of 
Stephen  Guest's  singing  on  Maggie  Tulliver,  "All 
her  good  intentions  were  lost  in  the  vague  sense  of 
deep  emotion  produced  by  the  inspiring  music. 
She  looked  really  beautiful  when  her  soul  was  be- 
ing played  on  in  this  way  by  the  inexorable  power 


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of  sound."  Vaschide  of  Paris  describes  the  effect 
of  pleasant  music,  expressively  rendered,  on  one  of 
his  patients.  "The  expression  changes,  the  eyes 
become  bright,  the  features  are  accentuated,  a 
smile  forms,  an  expression  of  extreme  pleasure 
appears  and  the  body  becomes  more  erect."  Of 
course  if  the  music  had  been  of  a  passionate  or 
dramatic  character  we  should  naturally  expect  a 
different  effect,  but  it  proves  that  artists  of  all 
kinds  can,  if  they  are  properly  schooled,  impart  to 
their  hearers  every  emotional  effect  possible  in  a 
human  being.  It  has  been  implied  in  several  psy- 
chological sex  treatises  that  a  man  or  woman  sings 
or  plays  with  much  deeper  effect  when  imbued  with 
sexual  emotion.  By  this  I  do  not  mean  sexual  ex- 
citement, but  rather  a  distinct  feeling  of  "sex"  in 
the  mind  of  the  performer.  Ellis  remarks  that  "a 
woman  may  fancy  herself  the  heroine  of  a  wanton 
romance  and  'let  herself  go'  in  her  interpretation 
of  her  song  with  vastly  improved  results,"  and  in 
the  Journal  of  Psychological  Medicine  (1851)  a 
physician  mentions  that  a  well-known  professional 
singer  was  fond  of  remarking  that  "I  never  sing 
half  so  well  and  get  so  much  applause  as  when  I've 
had  a  love-fit!" 

In  the  ensuing  studies  I  have  endeavored  to 
make  clear  my  very  simple  course  of  treatment. 
Of  course  I  have  not  given  in  detail  the  many  con- 
versations that  were  necessary,  they  were  fre- 


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quently  of  a  psycho-analytical  character,  but  those 
who  can  read  intelligently  will  be  able  to  perceive 
what  such  conversations  were.  These  form  only 
a  very  small  proportion  of  those  I  have  been  con- 
cerned with,  others  must  be  held  back  until  the  use- 
fulness of  this  volume  has  been  recognized  or  con- 
demned. 

Study  No.  i.  Female,  23  years  of  age,  had  been 
a  successful  teacher  of  drawing  in  the  lower  grades 
of  the  local  High  School.  On  receiving  a  substan- 
tial legacy  from  a  distant  relative  she  decided,  af- 
ter talking  the  matter  over  with  her  guardian,  to 
enter  upon  a  life  devoted  to  art;  and  to  this  end 
she  immediately  enrolled  as  a  student  in  a  well- 
known  and  successful  Metropolitan  academy.  She 
was  eminently  successful  in  the  elementary  classes 
and  in  the  many  courses  of  preparatory  work, 
but  when  finally  assigned  to  the  "life"  class  her 
work  was  extremely  disappointing  to  her  teachers, 
and  they  expressed  their  dissatisfaction  explicitly. 
The  outlines  of  her  work  were  correct,  but  the 
finished  product  lacked  life  and  character,  and  was 
in  no  way  impressive  either  to  the  art  lover  or 
prospective  purchaser. 

All  her  completed  canvases  were  colorless  in 
their  effect,  and  totally  devoid  of  vitality.  It  was 
my  privilege  to  meet  her  during  the  vacation  pe- 
riod, and  in  the  course  of  our  conversation  I  nat- 


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urally  enquired  as  to  her  success,  and  as  to  whether 
she  was  thoroughly  enjoying  the  work. 

She  broke  down  completely  and  our  meeting  had 
to  end  abruptly,  not  until,  however,  she  had  prom- 
ised to  see  me  again  at  a  later  date.  At  our  next 
meeting,  prompted  by  my  pseudo-psycho-analytic 
method  of  questioning,  she  confessed  that  the 
"life"  class  had  filled  her  with  disgust  from  the 
very  outset.  That  the  models  who  posed  for  the 
class  (especially  the  nude  male)  gave  her  an  ex- 
tremely nauseating  feeling,  and  thoroughly  marred 
and  obliterated  all  artistic  thought  in  her. 

She  acknowledged  that  the  male  model  that 
posed  for  her  class  during  the  term  was  said  by 
both  students  and  teachers  to  be  a  glorious  speci- 
men of  manhood.  To  her,  he  was  ugliness  itself, 
the  pubic  hair  especially  disgusting  her.  In  an- 
swer to  further  leading  questions  she  acknowl- 
edged that  she  had  always  avoided  the  male  sex, 
and  had  never  been  loved  to  her  knowledge, 
neither  had  she  ever  loved.  In  addition  she  had 
an  aversion  to  the  nude  female  also,  she  could 
only  think  of  such  a  person  as  being  of  the  prosti- 
tute kind. 

Nakedness  to  her  was  vileness,  it  was  ungodly, 
and  her  training  had  always  taught  her  that  nak- 
edness at  all  times  was  sinful.  I  talked  to  her  at 
length  in  much  the  same  way  that  Havelock  Ellis 
talks  of  nakedness  in  the  last  volume  of  his  "Psy- 


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chology  of  Sex."  I  argued  at  length  that  there 
must  be  real  beauty  in  the  nude  or  else  the  world's 
most  famous  artists  would  not  have  devoted  so 
much  time  and  energy  in  portraying  it  on  canvas 
and  in  bronze.  As  she  was  premeditating  an 
European  trip  the  following  month,  I  advocated 
her  visiting  as  many  of  the  famous  European  Art 
Museums  as  possible,  especially  the  Paris  Salon 
and  the  famous  institution  in  Venice.  I  told  her 
that  she  would  undoubtedly  find  that  the  most 
sought  after  examples  of  art  would  be  those  of 
the  nude.  I  named  the  publisher  of  the  Ellis  work 
and  told  her  the  subjects  I  wanted  her  to  study  in 
the  last  volume.  I  did  not  see  her  again  until  the 
Christmas  vacation,  but  when  she  came  into  my 
studio  one  morning  I  was  astonished  at  her  youth- 
ful appearance,  and  her  vivacious  manner  of 
greeting  me. 

There  was  a  brightness  in  the  eye  that  was  en- 
tirely new  to  me,  and  her  general  manner  breathed 
of  the  woman  who  was  truly  alive.  Bubbling  over 
with  high  spirits  she  described  in  a  general  way  the 
things  she  had  seen  and  the  lessons  she  had 
learned.  She  said  she  had  followed  my  advice  to 
the  letter,  that  after  reading  Ellis's  last  volume 
she  purchased  the  four  or  five  preceding  ones,  and 
she  had  digested  them  so  well  that  I  was  somewhat 
astonished  to  hear  her  quote  passage  after  passage 
from  them.  In  her  own  words,  "Life,  to  her,  had 


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only  just  begun,  she  had  formerly  smothered  all 
her  natural  impulses  and  all  that  was  real  in  her 
nature,  and  now  she  felt  that  a  newer,  better  world 
was  hers,  and  that  she  could  now  fully  appreciate 
not  only  the  beautiful,  but  she  could  feel  to  the 
full  the  tragedy  and  passions,  the  joys  and  the  sor- 
rows that  were  around  her,  and  find  in  her  work 
and  in  her  pleasures  a  joy  that  she  had  hitherto 
never  thought  was  possible."  At  the  end  of  the 
Academic  term  in  June  she  was  awarded  the  high- 
est prize  in  the  "life"  class  and  also  obtained  a  val- 
uable scholarship  for  her  proficiency  in  nature 
studies.  She  received  quite  goodly  sums  for  several 
magazine  covers,  from  all  of  the  publications  hav- 
ing the  sex  characteristics  as  the  leading  motive  of 
their  reading  matter.  I  wrote  to  her,  to  congratu- 
late her  on  her  achievements,  and  incidentally  en- 
quired whether  she  thought  any  of  her  success  was 
in  any  way  the  result  of  my  advice  and  instructions. 
Her  reply  was  an  emphatic  "Yes."  She  was  re- 
pulsed at  first  when  she  read  the  chapter  on  naked- 
ness, and  did  not  finish  the  reading  of  it,  but 
turned  to  some  other  portions  of  the  same  work, 
and  when  she  realized  how  ignorant  of  nature  she 
had  been,  she  purchased  the  remaining  volumes 
and  speedily  found  that  her  outlook  on  many 
things  in  life  was  becoming  brighter,  and  she  had 
come  to  the  conclusion  that  with  a  deeper  knowl- 


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edge  of  normal  human  feelings  she  had  found  the 
key  to  her  future  success  and  happiness. 

No.  2.  Male,  26  years  of  age,  had  been  em- 
ployed  as  cashier  in  a  National  bank  in  a  small 
town  in  Eastern  Pennsylvania. 

A  graduate  of  Temple  College,  Philadelphia; 
he  had  a  decided  taste  for  literature  and  as  a 
hobby  he  studied  (by  correspondence)  the  art  of 
short  story  and  novelette  writing.  Having  ac- 
cumulated a  number  of  stories  that  he  thought 
were  above  the  average,  he  submitted  several  of 
them  to  seven  or  eight  magazines  that  seemed  to 
have  become  recently  popular.  Only  one  was  ac- 
cepted and  no  cash  offer  was  made,  the  editor  stat- 
ing that  the  writer  must  consider  it  an  honor  to 
have  his  name  among  well-known  writers,  and  that 
payment  would  be  made  for  future  MS.  if  they 
proved  acceptable. 

He  wrote  to  the  different  editors  and  implored 
them  for  a  definite  reason  why  the  stories  were  not 
available.  The  replies  were  somewhat  obtuse,  but 
the  lack  of  "punch"  and  the  ignorance  of  life  were 
the  principal  reasons  given.  Meeting  him  in  a 
well-known  Philadelphia  hotel  one  afternoon,  I 
asked  him  if  he  was  still  dabbling  in  literary  mat- 
ters and  immediately  he  poured  out  his  troubles 
and  seeming  quite  concerned  with  what  he  re- 


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garded  as  his  Waterloo.  I  explained  that  our 
most  successful  authors  always  had  a  hard  road  to 
travel,  as  a  rule,  ere  they  could  finally  reach  the 
public;  and  that  he  must  try  again  and  again  be- 
fore he  changed  his  methods  or  acknowledged  his 
failure. 

Meeting  him  a  few  months  later,  he  remarked 
that  every  MS.  he  had  submitted  was  returned  and 
that  one  magazine  in  particular  had  asked  him  to 
refrain  from  sending  anything  further  unless  he 
could  improve  the  action  and  atmosphere  of  his 
stories.  He  confessed  to  me  that  he  had  a  much 
greater  interest  in  story  writing  than  in  banking, 
and  he  seemed  very  anxious  to  know  just  what  he 
ought  to  do  to  enable  him  to  get  the  life  and  pas- 
sion in  his  writings  that  the  editors  stated  both 
they  and  the  public  required. 

He  acknowledged  that  he  had  avoided  the  so- 
ciety of  girls  and  women,  and  during  the  past  few 
years  had  only  on  a  very  few  occasions  spent  more 
than  a  few  minutes  at  a  time  in  the  company  of  the 
fair  sex.  All  his  knowledge  of  the  impulses,  loves, 
and  passions,  had  been  obtained  from  books  that 
he  had  read  and  usually  they  had  been  books  of  the 
ultra-respectable  type.  He  had  read  nothing  by 
such  writers  as  O.  Henry,  Zola  or  Maupassant.  I 
asked  him  if  it  would  be  possible  to  get  leave  of 
absence  from  his  bank  for  a  few  weeks,  and  his 
reply  was  that  his  vacation  time  was  near  at  hand 


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and  that  as  he  had  foregone  his  vacation  the  previ- 
ous year  he  was  quite  sure  that  he  could  have  his 
usual  four  weeks  extended  to  six  or  seven.  He 
stated  that  he  had  never  smoked  and  only  on  rare 
occasions  did  he  drink  any  intoxicating  liquor. 

He  had  two  or  three  thousand  dollars  saved, 
and  in  addition  he  had  an  interest  in  a  business 
controlled  by  one  of  his  brothers. 

My  instructions  were  that  he  should  go  to  New 
York  City,  take  a  room  below  8th  Street  (Wash- 
ington Square  if  possible)  and  get  right  into  the  at- 
mosphere of  that  Bohemian  quarter  and  make 
friends  in  any  way  possible  with  the  habitues  of 
the  studios  and  those  who  haunt  daily  the  many 
cellar  cafes.  I  was  successful  in  obtaining  his  elec- 
tion to  membership  in  a  well-known  club  com- 
posed of  socialists,  artists,  artists'  models,  maga- 
zine writers,  etc.,  and  then  I  awaited  the  result. 
In  about  three  weeks,  I  got  a  rather  lengthy  letter 
from  him,  on  somewhat  cheap  paper,  and  written 
with  a  pencil,  the  letter  being  unsealed.  He  wrote 
that  the  first  week  or  two  he  spent  night  and  day 
with  two  writers  and  an  artist's  model,  all  of  them 
having  adjoining  rooms  at  their  so-called  "stu- 
dio." 

He  had  become  very  much  interested  in  Social- 
ism, and  quite  frequently  took  part  in  some  of  the 
discussions  which  take  place  daily  in  the  cafes  of 
the  "Polly"  type.  He  was  now  spending  several 


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hours  daily  in  sketching  plots  for  future  stories, 
these  plots  all  being  materialized  from  his  observ- 
ances of  scenes  that  he  was  daily  confronted  with; 
and  the  daring  and  bizarre  costume  balls  or  "riots" 
at  Webster  Hall  had  given  him  ideas  that  he  had 
never  previously  entertained.  He  felt  he  had  im- 
bibed a  wealth  of  novel  thoughts  that  (properly 
worked  out)  should  interest  the  average  magazine 
reader.  Instead  of  replying  to  his  note  I  thought 
it  best  to  visit  him  in  his  new  surroundings. 

I  did  not  advise  him  of  my  intention,  thinking 
it  best  to  surprise  him.  On  reaching  New  York  I 
went  direct  to  the  studio  on  East  4th  Street  and 
had  to  knock  on  the  door  several  times  before 
there  was  a  response.  When  he  appeared  I  was 
dumf ounded ;  he  was  unshaved,  wore  a  black  shirt 
with  a  long  flowing  bow-tie  under  a  collar  that  was 
a  part  of  the  shirt. 

He  had  a  peculiar  shape  of  a  cap  on  his  head 
and  I  noted  that  his  fingers  were  stained  with  nico- 
tine. I  expressed  my  astonishment  at  his  appear- 
ance, but  my  remarks  were  cut  short  by  his  grasp- 
ing my  hand  and  shaking  it  vehemently  and  then, 
after  kissing  my  cheek  (?)  he  replied  that  he  was 
now  very  much  alive. 

He  spoke  enthusiastically  of  the  young  men  and 
women  whom  he  styled  "Comrades,"  and  told  me 
that  the  day  before  my  visit  he  had  signed  a  con- 
tract with  a  well-known  publishing  house  that 


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meant  comparative  affluence  to  him.  The  fact  that 
life  among  the  Greenwich  Villagers  is  exceedingly 
stimulating  to  the  nervous  temperament  and  that 
the  sexual  nature,  tho  seemingly  hidden,  is  bub- 
bling out  at  all  times,  and  in  all  places,  seemed  to 
have  wrought  a  wondrous  change,  and  given  to  my 
friend  the  very  necessary  atmosphere  for  success 
in  his  work. 

No.  3.  Female,  32  years  of  age,  for  several 
years  a  teacher  of  English  and  Mathematics  in  a 
private  school  for  girls.  This  school  was  run  by 
the  Moravian  Sect,  and  was  noted  for  its  care  of 
its  pupils  from  the  worldly  standpoint,  and  for  its 
shielding  them  from  all  contact  with  the  out- 
side world.  No  dancing  was  allowed,  the  habits 
of  the  pupils  were  controlled  as  "strictly  as  that  of 
the  "rookies"  in  a  military  cantonment.  A  Music- 
ale  was  given  once  a  week  to  which  the  townspeo- 
ple were  invited.  Other  than  this  the  girl  students 
were  not  allowed  to  mix  with  or  speak  to  any  other 
person  except  visiting  friends  and  relatives.  The 
girls  took  walks  en  masse  every  morning  and  after- 
noon, but  they  proceeded  in  single  file  with  a 
teacher  at  the  head  of  the  procession  and  one  in 
the  rear.  My  client  had  a  glorious  college  record 
and  graduated  with  the  highest  honors.  This  was 
the  only  position  she  had  held  and  although  highly 
thought  of  by  the  administrators  of  the  Seminary, 


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she  herself  felt  that  she  was  an  utter  failure.  She 
was  positive  that  in  her  work  she  never  reached 
the  hearts  of  her  pupils,  that  her  teaching  was  tire- 
somely  mechanical.  She  really  loved  her  work  and 
was  deeply  anxious  to  make  a  distinct  impression 
on  the  scholastic  lives  of  the  students,  but  some- 
how she  felt  certain  that  she  accomplished  nothing 
more  than  what  might  be  styled  routine  work.  I 
asked  her  if  the  particular  "convent  like"  charac- 
ter of  the  school  had  affected  her  in  any  way.  This 
she  denied,  in  fact  she  declared  that  it  suited  her 
temperament  in  every  way  for  she  hated  the  world 
at  large,  and  esteemed  most  males  as  brutes  and 
libertines.  However,  she  told  me  she  had  much 
higher  aspirations  and  would  like  to  obtain  a  po- 
sition in  a  school  that  was  more  fashionable  and 
more  cosmopolitan. 

As  she  was  provided  with  means,  I  finally  per- 
suaded her  to  take  a  special  course  in  a  well-known 
Western  "Co-ed"  College  and  besought  her  to  mix 
freely  with  both  sexes;  to  join  some  of  the  stu- 
dent's clubs  and  in  general  mix  well.  This  she  did 
and  the  result  was  extremely  successful  in  every 
way. 

She  is  now  the  Principal  of  an  exclusive  school 
for  young  ladies,  and  I  understand  that  she  insists 
on,  and  herself  teaches,  sex  hygiene  in  its  fullest 
manner.  Instead  of  appearing  like  the  typical 
"old-maid  school  ma'am"  she  has  a  decided  ma- 


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tronly  aspect  which  is  an  extremely  valuable  asset 
to  her  in  the  position  she  holds. 

The  next  few  "histories"  have  happened  in  the 
course  of  my  own  professional  labors,  and  while 
all  were  students  of  music,  their  experiences  can 
be  applied  to  any  of  the  Arts  or  Sciences. 

No.  4.  Female,  25,  student  of  the  organ  and 
teacher  in  a  local  primary  school.  Was  a  very 
ambitious  student  and  she  earnestly  desired  to  be- 
come sufficiently  proficient,  that  she  could  occupy 
a  responsible  position  as  an  organist  and  music  di- 
rector in  a  church  of  some  standing. 

During  her  first  year  with  me,  she  made  fair 
progress  in  the  technique  of  the  instrument;  in- 
deed, from  a  purely  mechanical  standpoint  she  was 
above  the  average.  Her  troubles  (and  mine)  be- 
gan when  she  was  nearing  the  point  when  it  might 
be  said  she  was  ready  to  take  a  position  in  a  small 
way,  at  some  church  where  the  music  and  liturgy 
were  not  of  a  very  elevated  character.  Try  as  I 
would,  I  could  not  get  her  to  put  any  real  life  into 
her  music,  it  was  always  severely  cold  and  unim- 
pressionable, notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the  or- 
gan contained  very  many  beautiful  stops,  elegantly 
voiced,  and  providing  every  facility  to  the  player, 
for  contrasts  and  climaxes.  Her  treatment  of  the 
beautiful  themes  were  characterless,  and  did  not 
make  any  direct  appeal  one  way  or  the  other  to 


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the  auditor.  Finally,  after  a  particularly  difficult 
lesson,  during  which  I  taunted  her  a  little  about 
her  absence  of  musical  feeling,  she  told  me  she 
played  not  as  she  felt,  but  as  she  thought  most 
proper.  Her  mother's  constant  advice  and  re- 
peated admonition  about  her  avoiding  any  display 
of  feeling  was  ever  present  with  her,  and  she  was 
emphatically  told  every  day  that  no  one  calling 
herself  a  lady  would  ever  display  her  own  personal 
feelings,  except  in  absolute  privacy.  She  was  told 
that  wickedness  and  wantonness  thus  had  their 
birth. 

To  a  number  of  my  questions,  of  a  Freudian  na- 
ture, she  confessed  that  during  her  every-day  life 
she  was  constantly  fighting  her  natural  feelings 
and  impulses.  She  always  felt  that  through  the  re- 
strictions imposed  upon  her  she  was  depriving  her- 
self of  all  that  was  real  in  life,  that  life  to  her  was 
colorless,  and  that  the  big  things,  the  vital  things, 
the  essential  things  to  true  happiness,  were  not  for 
her  to  feel  and  enjoy.  Her  parents  had  repeatedly 
told  her  that  she  must  not  expect  to  enjoy  life  in  its 
highest  form  until  she  was  married,  and  in  the 
event  of  her  never  reaching  that  state  she  must  be 
content  to  live  the  humdrum  life  of  the  average 
spinster  if  she  wanted  to  be  considered  a  lady  and 
be  respected  by  her  friends  and  relatives. 

I  had  to  proceed  in  a  very  cautious  manner,  for 
I  perceived  that  the  parental  influence  was  deeply 


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ingrained  in  the  girl  and  that,  whilst  chafing  un- 
der the  restraint,  she  really  thought  her  parents 
were  acting  for  the  best.  I  sat  down  at  the  organ 
and  put  all  my  artistry  in  a  Meditation  from  a 
Suite  by  Borowski  and  when  I  had  finished  I  asked 
her  if  my  playing  had  impressed  her  in  any  way 
whatever. 

I  was  surprised  to  note  tears  in  her  eyes,  and  in 
a  stammering  voice  she  said  that  the  music  had 
made  her  tremble  and  had  completely  undone  her. 
She  said  the  tears  came  not  from  sadness  exactly, 
but  because  the  music  had  stirred  up  some  of  the 
emotions  that  she  had  been  taught  to  stifle. 

I  told  her  that  I  had  put  my  deepest  feelings  into 
my  playing;  for  soul  must  be  put  into  the  music  if 
we  expect  to  reach  the  souls  of  our  hearers.  I  ex- 
plained that  if  I  had  not  experienced  and  enjoyed 
all  the  deepest  feelings  that  I  could  prompt  and 
had  endeavored  to  feel  for  myself  all  the  finer 
thoughts  and  strong  emotions,  I  could  never  be  in  a 
position  to  conjure  up  similar  feelings  in  the  minds 
of  my  hearers. 

She  implored  me  to  guide  her  aright,  so  that  she 
could  enjoy  for  herself  and  transmit  to  others, 
true  depth  of  feeling  and  passion.  I  told  her  to 
take  every  opportunity  of  hearing  the  many  tem- 
peramental Russian  violinists  and  also  every  form 
of  drama  and  Grand  Opera.  I  asked  her  to  read 
Ruskin,  Byron  and  Shakespeare.  After  a  few 


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weeks  she  told  me  she  was  thoroughly  enjoying 
her  reading  and  was  trying  to  feel  the  inner 
thoughts  of  all  the  music  she  heard,  but  she  told 
me  that  there  must  be  something  lacking  in  her 
make-up  for  she  never  realized  the  depth  of  emo- 
tions properly  and  so  the  many  climaxes  of  poems, 
operas,  etc.,  did  not  move  her  as  she  noticed  they 
moved  others. 

I  asked  her  if  she  had  ever  made  a  study  of  sex, 
and  in  reply  she  said  such  matters  were  strictly  for- 
bidden in  her  home.  I  procured  a  copy  of  Hugh 
Northcote's  "Christianity  and  Sex"  and  asked  her 
to  read  it  at  her  leisure  in  my  music  library,  any 
time  she  cared  to  do  so,  and  that  she  must  feel  per- 
fectly free  to  ask  me  for  a  solution  of  any  problem 
that  might  arise.  I  had,  later,  many  talks  with  her 
about  many  of  the  subjects  dwelt  upon  in  North- 
cote's  remarkable  work  and  I  rejoiced  to  note  that 
her  previous  extreme  narrow-mindedness  was 
gradually  disappearing,  and  she  spoke  enthusiasti- 
cally of  some  new  "realistic"  effects  she  was  trying 
to  procure  to  illustrate  particular  climaxes  in  some 
of  the  compositions  she  had  studied  with  me. 
About  this  time  her  family  removed  to  the  western 
part  of  the  State  and  I  had  no  further  opportunity 
of  knowing  her  progress  in  the  study  of  tempera- 
mental artistry,  except  that  I  later  heard  that  she 
was  successfully  filling  a  most  responsible  musical 
position  in  the  city  in  which  she  was  located. 


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No.  5.  Male,  26  years  of  age.  Had  been  con- 
sidered a  somewhat  skilful  player  on  the  organ  for 
several  years  and  had  filled  a  few  important  ap- 
pointments. He  had  been  attracted  with  the  idea 
of  playing  in  motion-picture  theatres,  as  the  sal- 
aries are  large,  and  the  opportunities  for  advance- 
ment are  ever  present. 

He  had  noticed  that  a  large  number  of  prom- 
inent church  organists  had  entered  the  "movies," 
had  achieved  a  large  measure  of  success,  and 
their  names  were  being  constantly  mentioned. 

Church  organists  are  seen  but  once  or  twice  a 
week  and  practically  play  for  the  same  people 
week  after  week  and  year  after  year,  and  there  are 
very  few  opportunities  to  keep  their  work  before 
the  public  at  large.  In  the  "movies"  a  thousand 
or  more  people  hear  the  player  daily,  and  there 
are  golden  opportunities  for  impressing  large  num- 
bers of  human  beings  at  each  performance,  and 
when  the  player  is  really  successful  he  becomes 
somewhat  of  a  hero  among  the  "movie"  fans  and 
his  name  frequently  becomes  a  household  word  in 
the  community.  He  heard  one  of  my  successful 
players  in  a  prominent  theatre,  and  he  was  deeply 
impressed  with  the  clever  and  impressive  manner 
in  which  the  player  interpreted  in  music  the  vari- 
ous climaxes  in  the  drama  portrayed  on  the  screen, 
and  he  besought  me  to  drill  him  thoroughly  for 
similar  work.  I  had  little  trouble  with  the  pre- 


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liminary  technical  work,  but  I  pointed  out  to  him 
that  playing  for  the  silent  drama  meant  that  he 
must  at  all  times  be  prepared  to  put  himself  in  the 
mood  of  the  picture  if  his  playing  was  to  corre- 
spond artistically  to  the  film.  Hate,  love,  jealousy, 
tragedy  and  humor  must  be  "on  tap"  at  all  times, 
and  he  must  understand  that  he  could  not  be  suc- 
cessful in  stirring  up  passion  and  emotion  in  others 
unless  he  was  able  to  feel  for  himself  the  mood  to 
be  expressed.  If  he  could  not  do  this  the  music 
would  simply  be  a  mechanical  accessory  and  the 
picture  would  practically  be  unadorned.  He  told 
me  that,  outside  one  lamentable  occasion,  he  had 
little  experience  of  the  world,  and  practically  no 
knowledge  of  the  passions  and  impulses  of  the 
average  human  being,  man  or  woman.  His  life 
had  been  carefully  sheltered  by  his  parents  and 
they  knew  how  he  spent  every  spare  moment. 
Books  he  never  read,  and  there  had  been  no  hap- 
pening in  his  life  that  was  in  any  way  unusual.  On 
his  expressing  a  decided  hatred  for  the  fair  sex  I 
told  him  there  surely  was  some  reason  for  it,  and 
he  proceeded  to  tell  me  of  the  one  disastrous  epi- 
sode of  his  career. 

On  the  occasion  of  the  annual  football  match  of 
his  college  with  its  deadly  rival,  his  own  team  had 
won  in  such  a  glorious  manner  that  he  and  a  party 
of  friends  decided  to  immediately  celebrate  the 
event.  Clubs  and  saloons  were  visited  in  rapid 


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succession,  and  they  decided  that  the  proper  way  to 
wind  up  their  orgy  would  be  to  resort  to  a  house  of 
ill-fame.  They  had  no  trouble  in  getting  a  taxi- 
driver  to  take  them  to  such  a  place,  and  on  arriving 
there  each  member  of  the  party  took  to  himself 
one  of  the  inmates  for  the  remainder  of  the  night. 
This  was  the  very  first  occasion  that  he  had 
ever  been  alone  with  a  girl,  except  to  occasionally 
take  one  home  from  church  or  some  other  social 
function.  He  had  usually  avoided  them,  in  order 
to  give  all  of  his  time  to  his  professional  studies. 

He  confessed  that  he  knew  nothing  at  all  about 
sex  matters  in  general,  and  that  he  had  had  no  in- 
struction whatever  along  sex  lines  by  his  parents. 
The  little  he  knew  was  from  conversations  that  he 
had  accidentally  overheard.  The  result  of  the 
night  in  the  bawdy  house  was  a  most  pronounced 
Gonorrhea. 

He  was  alarmed  at  the  symptoms,  but  as  he  had 
not  the  slightest  knowledge  of  venereal  diseases 
he  knew  not  just  what  to  do.  A  visit  to  the  family 
doctor  seemed  to  be  quite  impossible  as  the  doctor 
was  a  very  close  personal  friend  of  the  young 
man's  father.  He  made  a  few  enquiries,  and  se- 
cured the  name  of  a  reputable  physician  in  a  nearby 
city,  whose  treatment  of  such  complaints  was  pro- 
nounced eminently  successful.  After  a  rather 
lengthy  and  strenuous  treatment  he  was  considered 
cured,  and  he  immediately  vowed  that  he  would 


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have  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  womankind  in 
the  future.  I  explained  to  him  the  utter  folly  of 
such  a  resolve,  and  told  him  that  he  should  make 
the  acquaintance  of  the  young  women  in  his  set, 
and  endeavor  to  enjoy  in  them  their  many  beauti- 
ful qualities  and  attributes. 

The  evil  in  women  he  had  experienced  (with 
many  regrets)  but  he  had  never  known  the  love  of, 
and  for,  a  woman  of  some  attainments  and  of  an 
attractive  personality.  At  my  request  he  made  ap- 
plication for  and  was  elected 'to  membership  in  the 
local  Country  Club  which  had  a  very  large  num- 
ber of  young  women  taking  an  active  part  in  its 
varied  diversions. 

He  strenuously  attended  all  the  important  social 
events,  golf  matches,  card  parties,  weekly  dances 
and  monthly  suppers.  I  also  put  him  on  a  course 
of  reading  matter  that  would  help  him  to  appre- 
ciate fully  the  many  good  points  of  true  feminine 
environment.  In  his  case  I  thought  Talmey's 
"Love"  (outside  the  anatomical  portions)  would 
attract  him  and  I  knew  that  as  he  was  a  scholar  of 
high  ability  the  large  number  of  Latin  quotations 
would  not  hinder  his  following  every  argument. 

He  told  me  that  the  matter  of  sexual  inversions, 
fellatio,  homo-sexuality  and  kindred  subjects, 
while  it  filled  him  with  revulsion,  the  seemingly 
unhappy  condition  of  the  victims  of  these  aberra- 
tions gripped  him  to  such  an  extent  that  he  felt 


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that  his  feelings  toward  his  fellow  men,  as  well  as 
women,  had  been  thoroughly  roused  and  that  his 
mind,  instead  of  being  cold  and  distant  toward 
others,  had  been  considerably  broadened,  and  he 
felt  able  to  take  a  decidedly  vital  interest  in  all 
things  pertaining  to  the  science  of  sociology.  This 
was  exactly  the  attitude  I  had  desired,  and  I  gave 
him  Carpenter's  "Love's  Coming  of  Age"  and 
asked  him  to  study  carefully  every  chapter. 

He  did,  and  the  result  was  extremely  gratifying. 
He  said  that  when  playing  music  of  an  emotional 
character,  and  in  climaxes  of  high  dramatic  power, 
every  atom  of  feeling  in  his  system  seemed  to  be 
spent  in  his  interpretations,  and  he  knew  that  his 
hearers  received  the  full  extent  of  his  renditions. 

During  this  period  I  noted  that  in  all  his  work 
with  me  (after  the  technical  requirements  of  the 
piece  had  been  fulfilled)  he  was  filled  with  the 
thought  of  "how  much  can  I  put  into  it,  and  how 
much  can  I  get  out  of  it !"  Through  the  favorable 
introduction  of  his  theatrical  employer  he  pro- 
cured a  most  desirable  position  in  a  very  high  class 
and  high  priced  motion  picture  theatre  in  the  Mid- 
dle West  and  his  success  has  been  such  that  he  has 
repeatedly  received  very  flattering  offers  from 
managers  of  rival  theatres. 

No.  6.  Female,  23  years  of  age.  Studying  the 
organ,  piano,  and  theoretical  music.  Born  and 


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reared  in  a  small  Moravian  town  in  Eastern 
Pennsylvania.  She  was  of  the  extremely  slow, 
plodding  kind,  pursuing  all  her  studies  in  a  some- 
what laborious  manner.  Nothing  ever  seemed  to 
disturb  her,  and  her  demeanour,  expressions,  and 
attitude  were  exactly  alike  from  one  year  to  an- 
other. Sullen,  and  exceedingly  morose  at  times,  she 
was  frequently  a  very  difficult  subject  to  explain 
important  theories  to,  and  my  efforts  seemed  to  be- 
come more  and  more  irksome  and  finally  I  had  to 
inform  her  that  my  lessons  would  have  to  cease  as 
they  had  no  attraction  for  me  whatever,  and  I  could 
more  happily  employ  my  time  with  some  other  of 
the  many  students  on  my  "waiting"  list.  The  poor 
girl  broke  down  completely,  and  asked  my  for- 
bearance whilst  she  told  me  of  her  home  life  and 
what  it  meant  for  her.  Her  father,  now  a  very 
prosperous  manufacturer  of  hosiery,  owning  sev- 
eral large  mills  and  employing  thousands  of  oper- 
atives, could,  if  he  would,  give  her  access  to  all  the 
rightful  pleasures  that  a  girl  should  be  allowed  to 
enjoy  in  the  Spring  of  her  life,  but  she  was  not  al- 
lowed to  go  out  at  all,  unless  some  other  member 
of  her  own  family  accompanied  her.  Concerts,  the 
theatre,  social  gatherings  of  all  kinds  (where  both 
sexes  were  present)  were  absolutely  forbidden. 
Young  men  were  allowed  to  escort  her  home  from 
church,  but  on  no  account  were  they  allowed  to 
enter  the  home,  and  the  time  taken  to  reach  the 


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house  from  the  church  was  very  carefully  noted  by 
the  mother. 

No  male  callers,  whatever  their  social  promi- 
nence, were  allowed  to  come  to  the  house;  and  con- 
sequently the  girl  found  that  she  was  usually 
avoided  by  her  female  acquaintances.  She  told  me 
that  when  her  parents  were  first  married  they  were 
comparatively  poor  (both  of  them  being  operators 
in  the  local  hosiery  factory)  the  first  child,  a  boy, 
being  born  a  few  weeks  after  the  wedding  cere- 
mony. Her  father,  who  was  of  very  steady  hab- 
its, persevered  in  his  efforts  to  please  his  employer, 
and  in  a  few  years  was  appointed  Superintendent 
of  the  entire  plant;  and  when  the  owner  died,  he 
bought  the  concern  and  was  now  considered  the 
wealthiest  man  in  the  community.  The  first  child, 
born  so  soon  after  the  wedding  ceremony,  gave  evi- 
dence of  sexual  relationship  outside  the  marriage 
sphere,  and  their  strict  treatment  of  the  daughter 
was  evidently  meant  to  try  to  prevent  the  possi- 
bility of  the  girl  encountering  a  similar  temptation. 
Fortunately  the  parents  had  supreme  confidence  in 
me,  and  she  was  allowed  to  accompany  me  to  sev- 
eral interesting  concerts  and  dramatic  events. 
Things  got  very  much  worse,  however,  and  the 
girl  developed  a  typical  case  of  acute  melancholia. 
At  my  suggestion,  the  parents  consented  to  her 
leaving  home  and  entering  a  well-known  Conserv- 
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freely,  especially  in  the  historical  lectures  and  in 
the  choral  and  orchestral  classes,  and  I  fervently 
hoped  for  a  cheerful  outcome. 

She  wrote  to  me  at  least  once  a  month  and  as 
her  first  term  reached  its  close  I  noted  a  decided 
improvement  in  the  tone  of  her  letters.  She  re- 
lated many  humorous  events  and  also  some  rather 
risky  happenings;  and  seemingly  she  was  an  en- 
tirely different  personage.  She  spent  the  Christmas 
vacation  with  her  parents  and  was  the  life  and  soul 
of  the  locality.  I  had  a  long  talk  with  her  and  she 
explained  how  some  of  her  fellow  students  and 
roommates  had  stirred  her  up  by  talks  of  temper- 
ament, character,  and  sex.  They  lent  her  many 
precious  books  that  explained  to  her  the  proper 
expression  of  one's  natural  feelings,  and  she 
looked  forward  to  each  succeeding  day  as  a  fac- 
tor in  acquiring  more  delightful  thoughts  and  feel- 
ings. She  was  looking  forward  to  still  greater 
knowledge  of  the  beautiful  in  art  and  nature,  and 
to  her,  life  was  now  wondrously  sweet,  and  she 
fairly  revelled  in  her  anticipations  of  what  the 
future  held  for  her  with  its  loves,  its  passions,  and 
its  possibilities  for  the  highest  achievements  in 
her  art. 

No.  7.  Female,  19  years  of  age.  Elocutionist 
and  monologue  artist  with  a  concert  company  of 
which  I  was  the  musical  director.  A  more  temper- 


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amental  young  woman  I  have  never  met,  and  seem- 
ingly this  very  largely  accounted  for  the  unusual 
amount  of  pathos,  and  also  good  humor,  which  she 
invariably  infused  into  her  concert  numbers.  She 
was  easily  the  leading  attraction  at  our  "Musi- 
cales"  and  she  was  so  wondrously  good-natured 
and  congenial,  that  none  of  the  other  artists  ever 
showed  the  slightest  symptom  of  jealousy  over  her 
repeated  recalls  and  successes.  Always  bubbling 
over  with  good  humor,  she  was  ever  passing  witty 
remarks  and  playing  harmless  jokes  with  whoever 
she  came  into  contact  with.  She  was  the  life  and 
soul  of  the  concert  company,  and  she  was  a  God- 
send to  all  of  us  in  the  frequent  tiresome  railroad 
journeys,  and  the  ofttimes  long  and  tedious  waits 
at  points  of  connection. 

About  half  way  through  our  schedule  I  noticed 
that  she  had  acquired  the  habit  of  cigarette  smok- 
ing, and  I  also  noted  that  she  was  not  averse  to 
drinking  alcoholic  liquors  after  the  evening  con- 
certs. I  might  not  have  given  these  habits  any  at- 
tention at  all  had  she  simply  done  them  with  the 
members  of  our  company,  or  with  the  person  who 
shared  the  hotel  room  with  her,  but  she  preferred 
to  find  out  some  "risque"  cabaret,  and  the  type  of 
men  I  frequently  saw  her  with  were  of  the  dis- 
tinctly "sporty"  character.  For  some  undefinable 
reason  I  felt  averse  to  saying  anything  to  her  about 
her  habits,  although  I  certainly  had  a  perfect  right 


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to  do  so  if  I  chose,  as  befitted  my  position  as  direc- 
tor of  the  company;  so  I  persuaded  one  of  the  lady 
vocalists  of  our  troupe  to  talk  the  matter  over  with 
her  at  the  first  available  opportunity. 

This  presented  itself  the  very  next  day  and  I 
was  astonished  at  the  result.  The  singer  was  told 
to  mind  her  own  business  in  a  very  polite  but  most 
emphatic  way.  Towards  the  end  of  our  tour  I 
was  completely  prostrated  one  day  to  hear  from 
the  singer  (previously  mentioned)  that  she  was 
quite  sure  that  our  fair  elocutionist  was  "en- 
ciente!"  Somehow  I  had,  at  times,  half  thought 
of  such  an  ending  to  her  habits,  but  when  I  was 
met  with  it,  in  fact,  I  was  at  a  loss  to  know  just 
what  to  do.  I  kept  away  from  her  as  much  as  pos- 
sible during  the  closing  concerts  and  centered  my 
thoughts  on  how  to  approach  her  about  the  alarm- 
ing sequel  of  events,  on  our  return  trip.  We  re- 
sided near  to  one  another,  in  the  same  city,  and  I 
knew  that  we  would  be  fellow-travellers  after  the 
other  members  of  the  company  had  left  us  at  the 
"transfer"  junction.  Seated  in  the  Pullman  I  no- 
ticed that  she  was  a  vastly  different  girl,  now 
somewhat  sullen,  and  evidently  feeling  very  keenly 
her  impending  disgrace.  With  precaution  I 
brought  our  conversation  around  to  the  girl's  con- 
dition, and  I  offered  my  assistance  if  she  thought 
she  would  require  it.  She  pretended  complete 
ignorance  of  what  I  was  talking  about  and  she  left 


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me  considerably  puzzled  at  her  attitude  in  the  mat- 
ter. I  persisted  in  my  questioning  and  was  re- 
lieved to  note  that  the  girl  fully  understood  my 
motives,  and  seemed  somewhat  cheered  by  my 
optimistic  remarks.  She  began,  at  once,  to  tell  me 
of  her  home  life  previous  to  her  adopting  the  con- 
cert stage.  Her  father  was  a  very  heavy  drinker 
but  was  a  jolly  good-natured  man,  and  successful 
in  his  profession. 

Their  home  life  jogged  along  in  a  peaceful  man- 
ner and  the  girl  had  no  remembrance  of  any  fam- 
ily disturbance  whatever. 

Her  mother  was  the  president  of  the  local 
Woman's  Temperance  Union  and  also  a  promi- 
nent suffragette.  She  had  several  outside  engage- 
ments daily  that  prevented  her  taking  her  proper 
position  as  director  of  her  home  life,  and  some- 
times the  girl  did  not  see  her  mother  (except  at 
the  breakfast  period)  for  days  in  succession. 

She  had  never,  at  any  time,  received  a  word  of 
advice  or  assistance  from  either  parent.  Each 
seemed  to  go  their  own  way,  irrespective  of  the 
other.  Menstruation  terrified  her,  and  she  was 
deathly  afraid  of  mentioning  the  matter  to  her 
mother.  Her  mother  left  all  household  matters 
to  the  care  of  a  maid  and  the  old  family  nurse,  so 
she  naturally  failed  to  observe  the  usual  menstrual 
stains  on  the  under  apparel  of  the  daughter.  About 
this  time  the  girl  noticed  that  her  natural  feelings 


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seemed  to  be  developing  and  she  was  able  to  in- 
terpret her  elocutionary  lessons  in  a  manner  that 
frequently  brought  words  of  admiration  from  her 
tutor.  The  old  nurse,  one  day,  perceived  that  the 
girl  had  reached  the  stage  of  puberty,  had 
a  long  talk  with  her,  appeasing  her  fright,  and  tell- 
ing her  that  it  was  a  condition  every  girl  had  to  go 
through,  that  there  was  no  danger  at  all,  but  rather 
the  girl  must  have  a  feeling  of  pride  that  she  had 
successfully  passed  the  childhood  stage,  and  must 
now  recognize  in  herself  the  full  true  feelings  of 
womanhood.  The  nurse's  language  was  some- 
what crude,  but  it  had  the  right  effect  on  the  girl, 
and  she  received  further  and  more  satisfactory  in- 
formation from  older  acquaintances  in  the  months 
that  followed. 

As  regards  the  sexual  life  and  its  characteristics 
she  never  at  any  time  received  a  single  word  of  in- 
formation from  any  one.  She  had  her  own  con- 
ception as  to  the  manner  of  child-birth,  and  in  an 
indirect  way  she  learned  that  child-bearing  was  an 
extremely  painful  experience  for  the  mother. 

As  to  the  manner  of  conception  she  hadn't  the 
faintest  knowledge  whatever.  Then  she  told  me 
how  she  had  enjoyed  her  experience  on  the  concert 
stage  and  how  it  had  appealed  to  her  in  every  way. 
She  said  every  monologue  and  recitation  was  a  joy 
to  her  and  that  every  word  she  spoke  in  public 


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was  just  a  reflection  of  her  own  personal  feelings, 
and  to  that  she  attributed  her  success. 

Then  she  told  me  that  after  the  concerts  she  al- 
ways felt  as  though  she  must  "let  go"  in  some  man- 
ner  in  order  to  relieve  the  pent-up  emotion  that 
she  had  portrayed  in  her  delineations,  and  on  her 
first  visit  to  a  noisy  "cabaret"  she  seemed  to  feel 
that  here  was  her  opportunity  for  relief,  and  she 
fairly  revelled  in  the  "sporty"  character  of  the 
surroundings  just  as  a  child  does  in  its  strenuous 
games.  Then  came  one  momentous  night  which 
finished  the  "sporty"  evenings  for  all  time.  On 
this  occasion  she  had  supper  (with  wine)  with  one 
of  her  male  acquaintances,  and  as  the  midnight  air 
was  exceedingly  warm,  the  man  proposed  a  ride  in 
his  car  out  into  the  country.  The  girl  eagerly  ac- 
cepted the  invitation  and  she  certainly  enjoyed  the 
ride,  and  felt  invigorated  by  the  speed  of  the  car 
with  its  consequent  cooling  effect.  When  some  dis- 
tance out,  her  escort  pulled  up  at  a  well-known 
road-house  and  explained  to  the  girl  that  something 
had  gone  wrong  with  the  engine,  and  it  would  be 
impossible  to  go  back  unless  he  could  find  a  man 
at  the  Inn  who  could  adjust  the  trouble.  The  girl, 
through  utter  ignorance,  had  no  suspicion  what- 
ever, and  willingly  agreed  to  spend  the  night  at 
the  hotel.  A  room  was  easily  secured,  more  wine 
ordered,  and  that  was  the  last  that  the  girl  remem- 


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bered.  On  waking  at  a  late  hour  the  next  morning 
she  was  considerably  astonished  to  find  her  friend 
in  the  same  bed  with  her,  but  as  she  had  no  re- 
membrance whatever  of  the  latter  portion  of  the 
previous  evening  she  presumed  that  it  was  all  right 
and  felt  no  compunction  whatever.  When  the  man 
awoke  he  seemed  somewhat  nervous  and  agitated, 
and  immediately  asked  her  if  she  was  happy  and 
she  readily  answered  that  she  was.  She  noticed 
that  he  seemed  to  be  considerably  astonished  at 
her  answer,  but  they  breakfasted  together  with 
feelings  of  seemingly  good  companionship.  They 
reached  town  in  plenty  of  time  for  her  to  catch  the 
train  on  which  the  rest  of  the  company  were  trav- 
elling, and  she  was  most  enthusiastic  in  her  expres- 
sions to  him  of  her  thanks  for  his  entertainment. 
She  thought  nothing  further  of  this  episode  until  it 
dawned  upon  her  that  her  menstrual  periods  were 
no  longer  in  evidence.  As  she  had  only  slight 
knowledge  of  such  matters  it  gave  her  no  concern 
whatever  until  she  had  passed  four  or  five  periods 
without  any  evidence  whatever. 

She  mentioned  the  matter  one  day  to  the  lady 
violinist  of  our  troupe,  and  the  latter,  who  was  evi- 
dently a  lady  of  experience,  immediately  ques- 
tioned the  girl  closely  in  regard  to  her  habits,  and 
finally  obtained  a  full  account  of  the  events  of  the 
night  at  the  road-house.  The  violinist  told  the  girl 
in  most  emphatic  terms  that  her  conduct  had  been 


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most  disgraceful  in  the  eyes  of  the  world,  and  that 
in  a  few  months  she  would  undoubtedly  bear  a 
child,  and  would  therefore  be  barred  from  respect- 
able society.  The  girl  pleaded  for  the  fullest  in- 
formation  possible  about  the  matter  and  was  ab- 
solutely crushed  when  she  fully  realized  what  had 
happened  to  her  through  her  indiscretion,  and  the 
interview  closed  with  the  girl's  severe  denunciation 
of  her  parents  not  only  for  their  not  giving  her  an 
opportunity  for  obtaining  true  knowledge  of  sex- 
ual matters,  but  also  for  their  neglect  to  instruct 
her  in  a  proper  control  of  her  ecstatic  tempera- 
ment. I  heard  some  months  later  that  her  child 
was  still-born,  and  that  she  had  taken  the  veil  and 
entered  a  Canadian  Convent. 

The  following  studies  are  somewhat  different, 
but  they  teach  the  same  lesson,  and  are  just  as  use- 
ful as  are  the  studies  of  temperament. 

W.  Male,  30  years  of  age,  married  five  years 
to  a  most  beautiful  (and  wealthy)  New  England 
woman.  W,  himself,  is  quite  well-to-do  and  one  of 
the  leaders  in  the  club  and  social  life  of  New  York. 
Late  one  Sunday  evening  while  having  a  quiet  sup- 
per in  one  of  the  upper  Broadway  Cabarets,  I  was 
astonished  to  see  him  enter  in  the  company  of  a 
good  looking  and  attractive  young  woman.  I 
couldn't  place  her,  and  did  not  remember  having 


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seen  her  previously.  Although  she  was  dressed  in 
an  attractive  manner,  and  her  conduct  was  above 
reproach,  she  bore  the  indelible  appearance  of  the 
"Kept"  woman. 

I  nodded  to  him,  and  on  my  way  out  I  paused 
at  his  table,  and  told  him  that  I  wanted  him  to 
lunch  with  me  at  the  Knickerbocker  the  following 
noon.  He  heartily  accepted  the  invitation,  and, 
after  a  formal  introduction  to  the  young  lady 
(whose  name  I  failed  to  catch)  I  left  the  place. 
The  following  day,  at  lunch  time,  I  got  to  my  point 
without  any  hesitation  and  very  frankly  told  him 
that  I  had  been  disagreeably  surprised  to  see  him 
with  the  girl  in  question,  when  he  possessed  such  a 
queen  among  women  for  a  wife.  He  abruptly 
stopped  my  remarks  and  asked  me  to  listen  pa- 
tiently to  his  tale  of  woe.  Every  word  he  uttered 
impressed  itself  upon  my  memory  and  I  prefer  to 
record  his  exact  phraseology.  "My  married  life 
has  been  a  veritable  Hades  for  me  from  the  out- 
set. I  had  counted  so  much  on  it,  and  had  waited 
a  few  years  before  making  a  final  choice.  My  po- 
sition in  Society  gave  me  a  very  large  field  from 
which  I  could  select  a  life  companion,  and  when, 
after  much  thought,  my  choice  ultimately  fell  on 
the  woman  who  is  now  my  wife,  I  gloried  in  what 
the  future  had  in  store  for  me,  and  felt  that  my 
cup  of  happiness  was  truly  filled  to  overflowing. 
Alas  I  I  was  utterly  mistaken  in  my  happy  sur- 


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mises.  From  the  first  day  of  our  honeymoon  my 
wife  proved  to  be  the  most  frigid  of  women,  and  I 
was  being  continually  taken  to  task  for  my  seem- 
ingly ardent  desire  for  a  truly  intimate  relation- 
ship. I  will  tell  you  of  just  a  few  of  the  daily  oc- 
currences that  seemed  to  incite  my  wife  to  out- 
bursts of  anger  and  indignation.  On  one  occasion, 
when  we  were  dressing  for  an  evening  engagement 
to  dinner  at  the  house  of  a  business  friend,  I  had 
occasion  to  go  into  her  boudoir  for  a  moment,  and 
as  she  seemed  so  attractive,  I  placed  my  hand  on 
her  bare  shoulder  for  a  moment  and  whispered  to 
her  a  few  words  of  endearment,  when  I  was  stag- 
gered to  hear  her  say  "Take  your  hands  off  my 
person,  do  you  take  me  for  a  fast  woman!"  On 
another  occasion  when  we  went  to  the  theatre  to 
witness  a  performance  of  the  famous  Russian  Bal- 
let, on  arriving  home  afterwards  I  felt  particularly 
proud  when  I  remarked  to  her  that  whilst  the  crit- 
ics had  vied  with  each  other  in  their  superlative 
remarks  anent  the  classic  figures  of  the  dancers,  I 
was  sure  that  my  own  wife  possessed  a  figure  su- 
perior to  any  of  the  Ballet.  She  flamed  up  im- 
mediately, and  asked  me  to  try  to  conquer  the 
beastly  activities  of  my  nature,  and  to  endeavor  to 
overcome  my  vulgar  tendencies  and  remarks.  Up 
to  this  time  I  had  seen  no  more  of  my  wife's  per- 
son than  had  any  other  of  her  acquaintances.  She 
had  insisted  from  the  first  day  of  our  marriage 


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that  intimate  relations  should  be  entertained  only 
when  she  expressed  her  desire  therefor,  and  that 
reference  to  a  woman's  person  in  any  manner 
whatever,  even  though  she  be  your  own  wife,  was 
to  her  obscene,  and  smacked  of  the  Tenderloin! 
For  business  reasons  I  am  obliged  to  be  in  New 
York  City  two  or  three  days  each  week  and 
through  a  business  friend  I  met  the  girl  you  saw 
me  with  at  the  Cabaret. 

For  some  unknown  reason  the  girl  attracted  me, 
and  I  asked  for  an  appointment  to  meet  her  again. 
She  readily  agreed  to  my  desire  and  I  met  her  the 
following  evening  and  took  her  to  Shanley's  for 
dinner.  Her  sweetness  of  disposition  and  her  evi- 
dent wish  to  please  me,  led  to  an  evening  of  such 
pure  enjoyment  as  I  had  not  known  for  many 
years.  Finally,  after  many  such  meetings,  she 
agreed  to  become  my  mistress,  and  I  took  special 
pains  in  procuring  a  decidedly  quiet  and  well  fur- 
nished apartment  in  which  (with  her)  I  spend  at 
least  10  days  each  month.  When  I  get  there  after 
a  hard  day  in  Wall  Street,  she  has  everything 
ready  to  make  me  comfortable  and  her  every 
word,  her  every  movement  and  action,  is  evidently 
for  my  happiness  and  comfort.  I  cannot  say  that 
I  am  deeply  in  love  with  her,  but  she  takes  special 
pains  to  provide  me  with  all  the  comforts  and  priv- 
ileges that  the  average  man  desires  above  every- 
thing else.  I  am  filled  with  happiness  and  a  de- 


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cided  feeling  of  comfort  when  I  am  with  her,  and  I 
am  keenly  aware  that  her  every  thought  is  for  my 
happiness  and  satisfaction,  mentally,  physically 
and  sexually.  If  my  own  wife  had  ever  studied 
my  comfort,  my  happiness,  physically  and  sexually, 
in  the  slightest  degree  whatever,  nothing  on  earth 
could  ever  have  taken  me  from  her  side,  and  I 
would  have  considered  myself  the  happiest  man 
alive  1"  I  asked  my  friend  where  his  wife  had  re- 
ceived her  education  and  I  was  told  that  she  had 
(from  the  age  of  puberty)  been  an  inmate  of  a 
Convent  School  in  the  suburbs  of  Paris  until  she 
was  about  20  years  of  age.  Since  coming  back  to 
this  country,  rigid  laws  were  strictly  enforced  to 
keep  her  uncontaminated  from  the  world  at  large. 
Her  acquaintances  and  friends  were  chosen  for 
her,  and  her  every  movement  was  known  and 
noted. 

He  knew  very  well  that  the  attitude  of  his  wife 
was  the  result  of  directions  carefully  given  by  the 
mother  and  father,  who  were  members  of  austere 
New  England  families.  He  had  tried  persuasion, 
he  had  even  threatened  legal  separation,  but  he 
found  that  nothing  whatever  could  be  done  so  long 
as  the  influence  of  the  father  and  mother  was  to  be 
reckoned  with.  He  invited  me  to  his  home  one 
evening  and  I  was  really  charmed  with  my  hostess. 
Her  powers  of  conversation,  and  her  intimate 
knowledge  of  the  important  happenings  of  the 


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day,  were  far  above  what  one  meets  with  in  the 
average  Society  woman. 

The  evening  was  a  memorable  one,  and  she  cer- 
tainly made  every  possible  effort  to  make  me  feel 
at  home.  After  dinner  when  she  joined  us  in  the 
smoking  room  I  remarked  to  her  that  the  unusual 
bric-a-brac  and  peculiar  ornaments  on  the  mantel 
and  on  various  shelves,  provided  a  thoroughly 
Bohemian  atmosphere  to  the  place,  and  that  even 
the  few  pictures  in  the  room  were  of  such  an  in- 
tense character  that  they  surely  must  be  the  work 
of  an  artist  of  distinct  individuality.  She  said  the 
arrangement  of  the  room  was  entirely  her  own 
idea,  and  that  she  was  the  artist  whose  work  I  had 
admired.  She  went  on  to  say  that  she  wanted  at 
least  one  room  in  the  house  where  she  could  read, 
sew,  or  think,  during  her  husband's  many  long  ab- 
sences, and  which  would  effectively  remind  her  of 
the  very  happiest  period  of  her  life. 

My  friend  (the  husband)  seemed  considerably 
astonished  at  the  latter  remark,  and  I  beseeched 
my  hostess  for  further  particulars  which  she  will- 
ingly gave.  It  seems  she  had  quit  the  convent  some 
two  years  previous  to  informing  her  parents.  She 
knew  the  strict  Puritanical  life  she  would  have  to 
lead  on  her  return  to  America,  so,  along  with  a 
friendly  school  mate,  she  opened  a  studio  right  in 
the  heart  of  the  so-called  Latin  Quarter  in  Paris, 
and  in  addition  to  applying  herself  to  painting  un- 


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der  a  fully  qualified  teacher,  they  also  entered  the 
inner  circle  of  the  students,  and  tasted  all  the  joys 
of  student  life  with  its  masked  balls  and  other  mad 
delights,  and  she  was  only  too  sorry  when  she  was 
obliged  to  return  home.  During  these  two  years 
the  parents  were  under  the  impression  that  she  was 
still  at  the  Convent,  and  the  mail  sent  to  her  there 
was  cleverly  interpolated  and  delivered  to  the 
studio  by  one  of  the  teachers  at  the  Convent  whom 
she  had  assisted  quite  frequently  in  a  financial  way. 
After  spending  a  very  pleasant  evening  I  bid  my 
hostess  "good-night"  and  asked  the  husband  to 
look  me  up  at  my  studio  the  next  afternoon  as  I 
had  some  very  interesting  matters  to  lay  before 
him.  When  he  came  the  following  day  I  told  him 
that  the  cure  for  his  present  unhappy  marital  con- 
dition was  in  his  own  hands.  His  wife  had  said  that 
the  two  years  free  living  in  Paris  were  the  happiest 
years  of  her  life.  I  told  him  to  rent  (or  buy)  and 
furnish  in  a  fitting  manner  a  studio  in  (or  near) 
Washington  Square,  and  spend  a  few  evenings 
each  week  there  with  his  wife.  This  was  done 
within  the  next  few  days,  the  woman  entering  into 
the  spirit  of  the  new  venture  with  all  the  joy  of  a 
child  with  a  new  toy.  Her  parents  were  not  in- 
formed of  the  departure  and  there  was  very  little 
chance  of  their  hearing  of  it.  I  introduced  the 
couple  to  a  club  and  also  joined  them  in  several 
dinner  parties  at  some  of  the  basement  restaurants. 


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They  both  became  very  popular  and  hardly  a 
week  passed  that  they  did  not  have  at  least  one 
"party,"  and  the  wife  was  as  noisy  as  any  of  the 
Ultra-Bohemians  who  attended.  The  studio  be- 
came a  veritable  haven  for  writers,  artists,  etc., 
and  the  hostess  proved  to  be  a  friend  indeed  to 
many  unsuccessful  and  needy  scribes.  I  haven't 
seen  or  heard  of  them  for  some  time  but  I 
know  they  still  have  the  studio,  and  in  addition  are 
the  parents  of  two  adorable  children. 

V.  28  years  of  age.  Had  an  unusual  record  at 
Princeton  University,  and  later  took  a  lengthy 
course  in  Theology.  It  was  his  intention  to  enter 
the  Presbyterian  ministry,  and  all  his  studies  were 
undertaken  with  that  object.  A  bad  attack  of 
bronchitis  occurred  shortly  after  his  graduation 
from  the  school  of  Theology,  and  there  were 
symptoms  of  tubercular  trouble.  He  had  already 
received  a  call  to  a  fashionable  Pittsburgh  church 
and  had  planned  to  accept  the  invitation. 

There  was  a  family  consultation  attended  by  the 
physicians,  and  it  was  ultimately  decided  that  the 
young  man  should  spend  a  year  on  a  ranch  in  Cali- 
fornia, which  was  owned  and  managed  by  a  near 
relative.  Every  one  seemed  perfectly  satisfied 
that  it  was  the  proper  thing  to  do,  except  the  young 
man's  fiancee. 

She  was  a  girl  of  the  "torn-boy"  order,  full  of 


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animal  spirits,  excelling  in  out  door  sports  and  was 
the  life  of  her  social  circle.  It  had  previously  been 
arranged  that  when  the  young  man  accepted  his 
first  call,  the  wedding  would  immediately  follow, 
so  it  was  natural  that  she  should  be  chagrined  and 
disappointed  at  the  possible  lengthy  postponement 
of  her  wedding  day.  However,  he  left  immedi- 
ately for  the  West  and  recuperated  rapidly.  The 
small  town  near  the  ranch  was  a  typical  old-fash- 
ioned Moravian  settlement.  The  population  clung 
to  the  old  style  doctrines  and  tenets  of  the  United 
Brethren  church.  There  were  no  saloons,  no 
dance  halls,  no  theatres  (not  even  a  "movie")  and 
every  day  life  was  exceedingly  commonplace  and 
possessed  no  attraction  for  visitors.  The  young 
man  became  absorbed  in  the  study  of  the  sect,  and 
found  in  its  teachings  and  attitude  to  the  world 
the  deepest  satisfaction.  He  entered  one  of  the 
theological  seminaries  and  graduated  with  all 
the  diplomas  and  necessary  passports  to  the 
Moravian  pulpit.  On  account  of  his  high  standing 
in  all  his  scholastic  experiences  he  had  no  trouble 
in  obtaining  a  pastorate  in  one  of  the  most  influen- 
tial churches  in  California.  His  parents  were  ad- 
vised of  his  step,  and  he  wrote  to  his  sweetheart 
telling  her  to  make  preparations  for  her  marriage. 
The  wedding  took  place,  and  he  immediately  be- 
came very  active  with  his  ministerial  duties  and 
proved  to  be  a  very  influential  man  in  matters  of 


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citizenship  also.  I  did  not  hear  anything  further 
of  him  for  more  than  a  year,  when  on  meeting  his 
mother  one  day  and  naturally  enquiring  as  to  his 
health  and  progress,  I  was  staggered  when  she 
told  me  that  he  was  distracted  and  slightly  de- 
ranged mentally  on  account  of  his  wife  having  left 
him  without  any  word  whatever,  and  although  he 
had  hired  private  detectives,  and  had  informed  the 
police  of  all  the  nearby  towns  and  hamlets,  not  a 
trace  of  her  was  apparent,  and  he  had  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  she  must  have  been  murdered  and 
the  body  thrown  in  the  river,  or  else  wandered  into 
the  nearby  forests  and  become  lost.  A  country- 
wide search  was  made  without  any  result.  The 
sequel  to  this  story  is  one  of  the  most  painful  epi- 
sodes I  have  ever  known  and  I  really  find  it  ex- 
ceedingly difficult  to  describe  it.  Whilst  on  a  visit 
to  New  York  City  one  July,  he  was  standing  near 
the  entrance  of  the  Knickerbocker  Hotel  late  one 
night,  oppressed  with  the  intense  humidity,  and 
striving  to  cool  off  a  little  before  retiring  to  his 
room.  As  is  usual  at  a  late  hour,  many  painted 
"street-walkers"  were  in  evidence,  and  he  was 
shocked  when  one  deliberately  winked  at  him  and 
gave  a  sign  of  encouragement,  and  on  looking  at 
her  more  closely,  he  was  startled  at  the  woman's 
resemblance  to  his  wife.  Shorn  of  her  powder 
and  paint  and  alluring  costume  she  was  the  exact 
personification  of  the  wife  he  had  been  seeking. 


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At  once  he  followed,  and  speedily  caught  up 
with  her.  He  proceeded  cautiously  and  finally 
made  an  engagement  with  her  for  the  following 
evening.  On  returning  to  the  Hotel  he  enquired 
of  the  desk  clerk  if  he  knew  anything  about  the 
house  and  was  shocked  to  hear  that  it  was  one  of 
the  best  patronized  "sporting"  houses  in  the 
vicinity,  and  the  clerk  told  him  that  the  most  popu- 
lar of  the  prostitutes  was  a  girl  from  the  Westl 
The  young  man's  physical  condition  on  the  follow- 
ing day  was  pitiful,  several  times  he  was  tempted 
to  go  to  the  bar  and  have  a  good  drink  of  brandy 
or  whiskey  to  help  him  bear  up  under  what  he 
knew  was  going  to  be  a  painful  ordeal.  Precisely 
at  the  time  appointed  he  rang  the  bell  at  the  ad- 
dress given  him  and  was  shown  by  a  colored  at- 
tendant into  a  room  where  a  number  of  women 
were  assembled,  evidently  waiting  for  "trade." 
All  of  them  were  practically  undressed  save  for  an 
elaborate  kimono.  The  girl  he  took  for  his  wife 
was  on  the  floor  playing  solitaire.  He  addressed 
her  by  name  and  she  at  once  acknowledged  that 
she  was  the  person  who  formerly  had  been  his 
wife.  Stirred  to  the  depths  he  furiously  exclaimed, 
"What  are  you  doing  here?" 

She  was  exceedingly  cool  to  him  and  asked  him 
to  be  seated  whilst  she  related  to  him  her  reasons 
for  leaving  him. 

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and  as  truly  as  any  man  has  ever  been  loved  by  a 
woman.  I  felt  prepared  to  go  through  anything 
and  endure  anything  for  love  of  you.  Alas !  from 
the  day  I  entered  the  home  you  had  prepared  for 
me,  I  realized  that  my  life  with  you  would  prac- 
tically amount  to  imprisonment.  You  knew  my 
high  spirits,  my  desire  for  the  good  and  proper 
things  in  life,  my  love  of  outdoor  sports,  and  my 
joy  in  following  the  daily  events  in  my  town,  state, 
and  country.  I  was  told  that  it  was  ungodly  to 
participate  in  golf,  gymnastic  exercises,  skating, 
dancing,  etc.  I  was  forbidden  to  read  anything  at 
all  except  religious  weeklies,  tracts  and  the  Bible. 
The  friends  I  chose  were  forbidden  the  house  be- 
cause they  were  not  of  your  sect. 

"I  had  to  rise  at  a  very  early  hour,  and  also  to 
retire  before  9  o'clock.  There  were  family  prayers 
morning,  noon  and  night.  When  I  asked  why 
you  had  not  sought  sexual  relationship  with  me, 
you  said  such  things  were  immoral  ( !)  among  the 
pious;  it  was  only  the  lower  order  of  people  who 
desired  such  things,  except  where  children  were 
desired  which  was  not  the  case  with  you.  Do  you 
wonder  that  I  left  you  and  your  despicable  mode 
of  life?  I  came  to  New  York  and  looked  up  one 
of  my  school  chums,  found  that  she  was  living  a 
life  of  luxury  and  ease  in  a  most  handsome  apart- 
ment as  the  mistress  of  a  prominent  Wall  Street 
broker.  I  floundered  about  for  a  time  and  at  last 


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yielded  to  a  man  I  had  become  acquainted  with 
through  my  friend. 

"The  happiest  days  of  my  life  were  spent  with 
him,  and  I  am  eagerly  awaiting  his  release  from 
prison,  where  he  was  sent  for  violation  of  the 
Mann  act.  The  day  he  is  free  I  shall  return  to 
him,  and  I  am  reasonably  sure  that  I  shall  once 
more  enjoy  his  comradeship.  Now  as  for  you, 
you  can  go  to  Hell!  and  I  wish  the  rest  of  your 
church  there  also.  If  you  came  on  business,  my 
price  is  $5.00,  and  I  am  ready  to  go  upstairs  if 
you  so  desire."  The  result  of  the  girl's  statement 
was  a  fainting  fit  on  the  part  of  the  man,  three 
days  later  apoplexy,  and  the  remainder  of  his  life 
will  be  spent  in  a  sanitarium. 


VII 

EPILOGUE 

MY  present  task  is  ended.  I  wish  I  could 
have  talked  of  my  subjects  in  a  more  fa- 
miliar fashion;  I'm  sure  if  I  was  allowed  that 
privilege  that  I  could  secure  more  converts  to  my 
life's  work.  There  are  a  great  many  episodes  in 
sex  education  still  to  be  properly  unearthed  and 
placed  in  a  proper  light,  and  I  have  myself  so 
much  to  say  about  these  problems  that  might  not 
be  allowed  in  such  a  volume  as  this.  Perhaps  at  a 
later  date  I  may  feel  the  incentive  to  go  deeper 
into  the  problems  of  the  matter  of  sex  education, 
but  I  must  await  the  opportune  time  and  until  then 
be  content  with  this  and  my  few  previous  volumes. 
Day  after  day  I  am  confrpnted  with  the  fact  that 
the  every-day  father  and  mother,  teacher  and  ped- 
agogue, minister  and  priest,  in  their  teaching  of 
the  young,  endeavor  to  take  away,  and  forbid  ab- 
solutely any  and  every  expression  of  natural  God- 
given  feelings,  and  insist  that  the  pupil  shall 
strictly  observe  the  symbolic  laws  and  the  dictates 
of  conventionality.  In  this  manner  it  follows  that 
the  youth  of  either  sex  must  absolutely  sever  his 

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connection  with  real  life  and  living  things,  and 
must  fashion  his  or  her  ways  after  the  manner  of 
the  feelings  and  impulses  of  others.  And  so,  when 
we  are  placed  in  a  position  to  receive  and  enjoy 
attractive  impulses  and  charming  conceptions; 
when  we  are  brought  face  to  face  with  fanciful 
idylls  and  lustrous  highly-wrought  poetical  ideals, 
we  are  obliged  to  lose  them,  and  in  consequence 
we  at  length  fail  to  perceive  them  because  we  have 
had  our  natural  senses  and  perceptions  stifled,  and 
we  finally  fail  to  notice  the  positive  existence  of 
all  that  is  most  beautiful  and  enthralling.  The 
properly  allowed  exercise  of  the  senses  is  at  all 
times  nourishing  and  promotes  definite  growth  in 
every  individuality.  Everybody,  at  some  time, 
with  some  people,  will  discuss  matters  of  sex,  but 
nothing  ever  comes  of  it,  and  very  rarely  is  any 
one  in  any  way  benefited  thereby  because  the 
mother  will  withhold  it  from  the  daughter,  the 
father  from  the  son,  and  the  teacher  from  the 
pupil. 

It  is  something  which  is  evident  at  all  times, 
everywhere ;  and  yet  to  the  open  world  is  still  held 
as  a  secret.  In  society  circles  it  is  whispered,  and 
in  some  educational  gatherings  it  is  occasionally 
mentioned,  but  to  speak  of  it  openly  is  considered 
at  all  times  a  vile  procedure,  and  it  is  classed  by 
church  and  state  as  immoral.  We  lock  our  doors 
and  then  discuss  it,  husband  with  the  wife,  girls 


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and  boys  in  secret  corners,  but  it  is  considered  far 
from  decorous  for  an  adult  man  or  woman  to  talk 
over  its  problems  with  a  friend.  What  is  con- 
sidered chaste  and  perhaps  necessitous  to  speak 
about  to  a  near  one,  is  flouted  as  decidedly  disso- 
lute when  addressed  to  a  student  or  pupil.  I  have 
talked  with  and  known  several  ascetical  people 
who  have  vehemently  exclaimed  that  the  universe 
will  never  be  holy  nor  will  existence  ever  be  spirit- 
ually perfect  until  the  inhabitants  thereof  are  sex- 
less! If  there  is  anything  at  all  in  the  world  that 
requires  sedulous  cultivation  and  much  more  en- 
lightenment it  is  the  domain  of  sex.  The  entire 
universe  has  always  been  and  always  will  be — sex, 
from  the  time  of  the  Phallic  worshippers  to  the 
present  day.  It  is  the  holiest  and  most  complete 
of  the  emotions,  and  the  one  most  competent  to 
ennoble  and  exalt  the  mind.  It  is  the  life  of  Art 
on  canvas,  it  is  the  divine  inspiration  to  music,  and 
it  is  the  soul  and  leading  motive  in  all  poetry. 
There  can  be  no  greatness  in  any  form  of  art 
which  ignores  sex. 

Sex  is  the  protoplasm  which  guides  the  sailor, 
incites  the  soldier,  and  accompanies  the  laborer 
through  his  daily  toil ;  it  is  the  motive  power  which 
guides  the  world  and  influences  for  good  every- 
thing with  which  it  comes  in  contact.  Through  the 
sexual  manifestations  the  Divine  Being  himself 
proves  his  exaltedness  and  grandeur.  The  man- 


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ner  of  dress  of  the  modern  woman  bespeaks  sex, 
and  on  very  numerous  occasions  over-accentuates 
it,  and  it  becomes  in  a  most  emphatic  manner  a 
clear  showing  of  immorality.  There  is  real  Art  in 
the  satisfactory  costuming  of  a  woman,  and  the 
real  "Modiste"  must  be  artistic  in  a  very  high 
degree;  but  there  is  a  greater  Art  in  knowing  just 
how  to  wear  the  costume. 

A  vast  number  of  our  leaders  in  fashion  know 
no  restraint  whatever  in  the  matter  of  suitable  and 
equitable  wearing  apparel.  Many  of  them  are 
leaders  in  beneficial  movements,  society,  and  even 
of  the  church;  but  they  copy  and  display  the  latest 
outlandish  Parisian  suggestions,  usually  molded  by 
the  exclusive  demi-mondaine,  and  they  refuse  to 
acknowledge  that  they  are  in  the  slightest  degree 
inciting  wrongful  sexual  passions  and  invitations. 
I  do  not  entirely  agree  with  Froude  when  he  re- 
peatedly states  most  emphatically  that  "sexual 
equivalents  can  be  readily  observed  at  all  times  in 
every  form  of  human  action  and  in  every  manifes- 
tation of  human  energy."  This  idea  is  altogether 
too  fanciful;  but  I  certainly  would  say  that  where 
Art  is  real,  where  there  are  effective  interpreta- 
tions in  speech  or  song  which  visibly  affect  the 
viewers  or  auditors,  where  multitudes  are  im- 
pressed by  speech,  song,  or  gesture,  there  must 
undoubtedly  be  some  form  of  the  sexual  element 
present  not  only  in  the  speaker,  singer  or  artist, 


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but  also  in  the  heart  and  mind  of  the  person  re- 
ceiving the  impression. 

I  like  the  last  statement  of  Dr.  Robie  in  the  in- 
troduction to  his  "Rational  Sex  Ethics" ;  he  says : 
"The  only  course  which  can  lead  to  the  greatest 
personal  happiness  and  the  greatest  public  good, 
is  for  all  educated  people  to  first  fully  inform 
themselves  in  matters  of  sex  and  then  so  advise 
and  fully  instruct  the  young  people  of  both  sexes." 
Bishop  Agardh  in  a  famous  statement  said  "It  is 
tempting  God,  if  we,  as  the  Pharisees  and  the 
Apostles,  make  the  way  to  Heaven  so  hard  to 
travel  that  the  obstacles  cannot  be  removed  by  the 
strength  we  have  received  from  Him;  but  allow 
despair  and  despondency  to  force  us  to  succumb. 
Belief  in  the  truth  of  religion  must  be  weakened 
in  this  case,  as  it  stands  in  evident  opposition  to 
human  nature  with  its  noble,  yet  innocent  tenden- 
cies. When  man  chooses  between  the  truth  in 
nature,  which  speaks  to  us  in  (and  through) 
everything;  and  that  of  religion  with  its  mysteries 
and  multitude  of  doctrines — one  must  finally  be- 
lieve in  the  former  and  ultimately  deny  the  latter 
if  we  are  to  receive  any  measure  of  happiness  in 
this  world  and  believe  in  a  future  beatific  state." 

Many  writers  with  theological  tendencies  speak 
in  high  terms  of  praise  of  the  created  world  and 
nature  in  general,  and  yet  they  speak  of  the  method 


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of  procreation  (with  its  natural  sexual  gratifica- 
tion) as  a  curse  to  mankind  and  womankind; 
they  are  heartily  ashamed  of  its  necessity,  and 
strenuously  avoid  any  reference  to  it  in  any  manner 
whatsoever,  except  when  they  have  choice  phrases 
of  condemnation. 

Many  so-called  classic  volumes  have  appeared 
along  these  pseudo-dogmatic  outlines.  Infidelity, 
perversions,  etc.,  have  been  stigmatized  and 
branded  as  the  curse  of  the  nations,  and  that  any 
people  giving  way  to  sexual  orgies  and  fast  living 
are  doomed,  and  decay  is  inevitable. 

And  yet  these  very  learned  men  have  never  at- 
tempted to  teach  us  the  rightful  and  proper  use  of 
our  God-given  sexual  impulses  and  desires;  their 
only  course  has  been  to  utterly  condemn  all  forms 
of  sexual  manifestations  anywhere  and  at  any  time, 
and  to  proclaim  the  life  of  asceticism  and  absti- 
nence as  the  only  one  that  will  ultimately  be  fa- 
vorably received  by  the  Almighty.  It  is  not  neces- 
sary to  be  an  ascetic  in  order  to  live  a  life  of  no- 
bility and  be  considered  a  useful  member  of  so- 
ciety. If  we  can  be  thoroughly  happy  in  utilizing 
in  a  proper  matter  the  natural  functions  of  our 
bodies,  we  would  be  very  foolish  to  refuse  that 
happiness  under  the  impression  that  we  would  be 
jeopardizing  our  chances  of  a  place  in  the  life 
everlasting.  The  man  who  works,  who  sings,  who 
enjoys  every  moment  of  his  daily  existence,  who 


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radiates  good  will  to  every  one  he  comes  in  con- 
tact with,  is  the  man  who  fully  appreciates  what 
is  really  and  truly  beautiful  and  beneficial,  and  who 
is  devoutly  thankful  for  being  the  possessor  of  the 
greatest  natural  impulses  in  human  life,  and  who 
unhesitatingly  enjoys  in  the  fullest  measure  every 
opportunity  of  fulfilling  the  proper  exercise  of 
every  natural  sense  and  human  feeling,  that  his 
Creator  has  blessed  him  with. 

Each  returning  spring  and  summer  is  the  tri- 
umphal song  of  sex.  The  oak  from  the  acorn,  the 
flower  from  the  bulb,  and  the  grain  from  the  seed 
form  a  mighty  Pasan  of  birth,  and  birth  is  merely 
sex,  and  there  can  be  no  manifestation  more  su- 
perbly Divine.  When  men  and  women  cease  to 
barter  sex,  when  it  is  truly  honored  and  all  its  ob- 
servances fittingly  acknowledged  and  gloriously 
exulted  in,  then  will  each  sex  have  a  respectful  re- 
gard and  high  esteem  for  each  other  in  all  races 
and  in  all  climes,  and  under  every  possible  condi- 
tion. There  are  seemingly  insurmountable  diffi- 
culties to  be  overcome  by  the  way,  and  if  this  little 
volume  has  helped  in  any  manner  to  the  solution 
of  one  or  more  of  them,  my  task  will  not  have  been 
in  vain.  Criticism  there  will,  and  must  be;  we 
must  all  suffer  adverse  and  at  times  unjust  criti- 
cism whilst  we  are  alive,  if  we  are  to  be  considered 
right  after  we  have  passed  away. 


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